Anthropic, the generative artificial intelligence company backed by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and others, said on Friday it will ramp its global expansion in enterprise AI.
As part of the push, Chris Ciauri is joining Anthropic as its Managing Director of International, the company said in a statement. Ciauri previously served as CEO of Unily, and held executive positions at Google Cloud, and Salesforce.
Anthropic said the push for international expansion comes as Claude usage is largely outside the U.S.
“Anthropic’s recent Economic Index report found that nearly 80 percent of consumer Claude usage comes from outside the United States, with per-capita usage in countries like South Korea, Australia, and Singapore outpacing that of America’s,” the company wrote in a statement.
Anthropic added that it owns the top spot in enterprise AI (citing data from Menlo Ventures), as its revenue run-rate surpassed $5B last month, up from $87 at the start of 2024. Anthropic now has more than 300,00 global customer bases, up from less than 1,000 business customers two years ago.
As part of the global expansion, Anthropic will add more than 100 new roles in its Dublin and London offices and its Zurich office, with added European locations to come. The company also said it would be opening its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan and bringing further offices to the continent “throughout the coming year.”
“The global demand for Claude is extraordinary—from financial services in London to manufacturing in Tokyo, enterprises are trusting Claude to power their mission-critical operations,” said Ciauri. “This is a key moment for Anthropic to expand the infrastructure and partnerships needed to serve this growing international customer base.”
Earlier this month, Anthropic raised $13B in a Series F funding round that valued the maker of its Claude chatbot at $183B.