Anthropic, a U.S. startup working on large language models, will open a new office in Milan this month as it broadens its European presence. The company, which was co-founded in 2021 by siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei, is expanding after recent launches in Paris and Munich late last year.
Those openings are part of a larger plan to grow Anthropic's international workforce. The company says it intends to triple its headcount outside the United States in response to rising demand for its Claude AI models among customers and partners in Europe.
Anthropic already operates office locations in Dublin, Zurich and London. The London operation serves as a notable regional base, with the company reporting roughly 200 staff members across its European offices.
Commenting on the choice of Italy, Chris Ciauri, Anthropic's managing director of international, said: "After France and Germany, Italy is a natural next step," in an interview published by Italy's Il Corriere della Sera. The statement framed Milan as the next logical location following the group's recent expansions in other major European markets.
The move comes amid broader efforts across European companies to deploy AI tools to improve productivity, while policy makers continue to debate appropriate regulatory frameworks. Daniela Amodei has urged governments to act early on regulation so they do not replay the pattern seen with social media platforms, where safeguards lagged the technology's widespread adoption.
Anthropic's corporate trajectory has also intersected with government concerns. The company has had public disagreements with the Trump administration over restrictions intended to limit how its models can be applied to certain military capabilities, including autonomous targeting and domestic surveillance.
With Milan set to open this month, the company is adding to a sequence of European openings that began with offices launched late last year and are intended to support regional demand and operations. The firm’s stated plan to scale its international staff underscores the operational and commercial emphasis of this phase of growth.
Context and next steps
- Anthropic's Milan office is scheduled to open this month, following Paris and Munich openings late last year.
- The company plans to triple its international workforce to meet demand for its Claude models outside the U.S.
- European offices in Dublin, Zurich and London currently employ about 200 people.