OpenAI (OPENAI) and Anthropic (ANTHRO) are looking to expand their office footprints in Dublin, a move potentially showing the companies growing presence in Europe, Bloomberg News reported.
Anthropic is looking to lease about 25,000 square feet in the city over the next three to five years, the report added, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
The final figure could be lower, one of them noted, as the companies’ expansion plans are rapidly growing. Other AI companies, including Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI, are looking for similar amounts of space, another person noted, as per the report.
The companies currently occupy small spaces in flexible co-working offices in the city, the report noted.
Last month, Anthropic (ANTHRO) — which is backed by Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOG) Google — said it is planning to open offices in Paris and Munich to expand its operations across Europe. The Claude AI chatbot maker noted that these new hubs follow recent office openings in Tokyo, Seoul, and Bengaluru and will further grow its European footprint alongside its offices in London, Dublin, and Zurich.
Anthropic and OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
A spokesperson for Anthropic declined to comment on its leasing plans in Dublin to Bloomberg but said that the company was expanding rapidly.
OpenAI declined to comment on specific leasing plans to the news outlet but noted that it had about 60 employees in Ireland and would continue to add to the team in 2026.
Anthropic opened its first EU office in Dublin last year, and made it its Europe, Middle East, and Africa, or EMEA, headquarters. OpenAI began its Dublin operations in 2023, the report added. Dublin is already home to the European hubs of tech companies, including Meta Platforms (META) and ByteDance’s (BDNCE) TikTok.