Anthropic expands from US with Paris and Munich hubs amid booming European growth

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, has announced the opening of new offices in Paris and Munich as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe.

Following a year of rapid growth in the EMEA region – where the company has tripled its headcount – these new hubs are set to bolster Anthropic’s presence alongside its existing European bases in London, Dublin, and Zurich.

The move comes on the heels of recent global office launches in Tokyo, Seoul, and Bengaluru, underlining the company’s ambition to grow its footprint and commercial operations.

“Europe is home to some of the world’s most important and forward-thinking companies,” said Chris Ciauri, Anthropic’s Managing Director of International. “The business leaders I speak to are clear-eyed on both the immense opportunity that AI development represents and the critical importance of safety, reliability, and public trust. With a bigger, broader, and highly specialised leadership team, we’re doubling down on sustained EMEA growth and building the team our European users need.”

The expansion of Anthropic into Europe coincides with a period of strong AI investment activity across the continent.

In 2025, France-based Mistral AI secured €1.7 billion in Series C funding to advance model development and enterprise adoption, while Nscale in the UK raised €958 million to expand its AI cloud infrastructure. Germany also featured prominently with Helsing attracting €600 million in Series D financing to scale its AI-driven defence technologies.

Early-stage activity remained dynamic too, as Spain-based Omnia raised €3.5 million to enhance AI marketing tools and Kabilio secured €4 million to expand AI productivity solutions for accounting firms.

Anthropic’s decision to deepen its European footprint – particularly in France and Germany, where AI usage and policy discussions are advancing rapidly – reflects this wider trend of capital flow and ecosystem maturity within the region. Read more on AI funding here.

“EMEA has become our fastest-growing region, with a run-rate revenue that has grown more than 9 ⁠times in the past year,​” the company said ​in a statement.

Backed by tech giants such as Alphabet and Amazon, Anthropic, which was founded in 2021 by ex-OpenAI employees, is currently valued at €158 billion ($183 billion).

Over the past year, run-rate revenue in EMEA has grown more than ninefold, making it the fastest-growing region for the company. The number of large EMEA business accounts – those generating over $100k in run-rate revenue – has surged tenfold in the same period.

Germany and France, as two of Europe’s largest economies and top 20 global markets for Claude usage per capita, have been earmarked as strategic launchpads.

From industrial giants like BMW and SAP to consumer leaders like L’Oréal and digital-first platforms such as N26, Pigment, Qonto and Doctolib, Anthropic’s clients span a broad range of sectors where AI demands precision and trust.

To support these ambitions, the company has introduced a regional leadership structure:

• Guillaume Princen is leading efforts in EMEA startups and digital-native businesses
• Pip White – formerly of Salesforce, Google, and Slack – heads EMEA North from the London office, covering the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Nordics, and Israel
• Thomas Remy, previously with Google Cloud, now leads EMEA South from Paris, overseeing France, Italy, Iberia, the Middle East, and Africa.
• A new Head of DACH & CEE will soon be appointed to manage operations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Beyond business, Anthropic is fostering local collaboration with educational institutions and cultural initiatives.

In Germany, the company is partnering with Light Art Space (LAS) for a major Berlin exhibition, and supporting student-led AI hackathons through TUI.ai at the Technical University of Munich. In France, Anthropic is backing Unaite’s developer community through two 2026 hackathons designed to promote AI education.

The company’s research, such as its Anthropic Economic Index, points to AI’s growing impact across Europe in fields like manufacturing, tourism, and digital infrastructure -sectors where Claude is already helping businesses to code, troubleshoot, and innovate at scale.

With offices now in 12 cities worldwide, including San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Washington D.C., Anthropic appears poised to cement its place not just in Silicon Valley, but in Europe as well.

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