Anthropic is expanding to Australia and New Zealand, opening a new office in Sydney
Anthropic is expanding to Australia and New Zealand. In the coming weeks, they will open an office in Sydney – Anthropic’s fourth office in Asia-Pacific, alongside Tokyo (Japan), Bengaluru (India), and Seoul (Korea). The expansion reflects strong demand from businesses in Australia and New Zealand and will help Anthropic better serve the countries’ unique AI ecosystems.
In addition to hiring a team in Sydney, Anthropic plan to deepen their engagement with Australian institutions, as well as collaborate on projects that advance Australia’s national interests and priority sectors. The Anthropic executive team will visit Australia at the end of March to formalize some of these partnerships and meet with customers and policymakers.
“We’re excited by the ways organizations in Australia and New Zealand are applying AI to areas of national importance – financial services, agricultural technology, clean energy innovation, healthcare delivery, cutting-edge deep tech and scientific research, along with AI transformation in the enterprise,” said Chris Ciauri, Managing Director of International, Anthropic. “Establishing a local presence will help us to develop strong partnerships in ANZ and ensure Claude is built with respect for the unique goals, opportunities, and challenges of the region.”
Anthropic’s initial focus will be supporting their enterprise, startup, and research customers. Anthropic already works with some of Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative organizations – from enterprises like Canva, Quantium, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, to startups pioneering new AI applications across diverse fields such as AgTech, physical AI, climate tech and more.
Australia and New Zealand rank 4th and 8th globally in Claude.ai usage, relative to population. Both countries show strong use of Claude for computer and coding tasks, along with educational instruction and research. Anthropic have already begun building out a local team and partnerships aligned with these trends.
Anthropic are also exploring opportunities to expand their compute capacity in Australia – a natural fit given their longstanding belief that democracies should lead in AI development, and one that aligns with the Australian government’s own ambitions to become a trusted destination for sustainable AI infrastructure.
Anthropic are exploring adding local capacity through their third-party partners in Australia, using infrastructure already in place.
