Anthropic is expanding to Australia and New Zealand. In the coming weeks, we will open an office in Sydney\u2014our fourth office in Asia-Pacific, alongside Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Seoul. The expansion reflects strong demand from businesses in Australia and New Zealand and will help us better serve the countries\u2019 unique AI ecosystems.<\/p>\n
In addition to hiring a team in Sydney, we plan to deepen our engagement with Australian institutions, as well as collaborate on projects that advance Australia\u2019s national interests and priority sectors. Our executive team will visit Australia at the end of March to formalize some of these partnerships and meet with customers and policymakers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited by the ways organizations in Australia and New Zealand are applying AI to areas of national importance\u2014financial services, agricultural technology, clean energy innovation, healthcare delivery, cutting-edge deep tech and scientific research, along with AI transformation in the enterprise,\u201d said Chris Ciauri, Managing Director of International, Anthropic. \u201cEstablishing 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our initial focus will be supporting our enterprise, startup, and research customers. Anthropic already works with some of Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative organizations\u2014from 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.<\/p>\n
Australia and New Zealand rank 4th and 8th globally in Claude.ai usage, relative to population, according to our latest Economic Index<\/a>. Both countries show strong use of Claude for computer and coding tasks, along with educational instruction and research, and we\u2019ve already begun building out a local team and partnerships aligned with these trends.<\/p>\n We’re also exploring opportunities to expand our compute capacity in Australia\u2014a natural fit given our 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. We’re exploring adding local capacity through our third-party partners in Australia, using infrastructure already in place. This is among the most consistent requests we hear from Australian enterprises and government agencies, particularly those with data residency requirements. Beyond that, we’re in early conversations about longer-term infrastructure in the region, and we’ll share more as those plans take shape.<\/p>\n