Anthropic, the AI developer, has announced it will open a new office in Milan, Italy. It is the company's sixth office in Europe, following London, Dublin, Paris, Zurich, and Munich. The local team will work with Italian companies and the developer community to help them build and scale responsibly with the conversational AI Claude[1].
A Sixth European Office, Strengthening Its Presence in Southern Europe
The Milan team is led by Thomas Remy, Anthropic's Head of Southern Europe. The company already works with a wide range of Italian companies, including Generali Group and Unipol Group in finance, Angelini Pharma and Bracco Group in life sciences, Enel Group in energy, and Pirelli in automotive[1].
Chris Ciauri, Managing Director of International at Anthropic, said the team is "here to support Italian enterprise, Italian research, and Italian culture through a safe AI transition." He expressed optimism about what frontier AI can do for the country, from its largest industrial groups to its founders, universities, and cultural institutions[1].
Claude Adoption Spreads from Large Enterprises to Startups
Anthropic has partnered with JAKALA, one of Europe's leading data and AI companies, deploying Claude across more than 3,000 seats. The company says this has freed up roughly 70 percent of its senior team's time for higher-judgment client work[1].
Startups and technology companies have been early adopters as well. Satispay, a financial super app serving more than 6 million users, deployed Claude across its engineering teams, compressing an 18-month roadmap into 7 months and updating its core payment system 10 times faster than planned[1]. At Bending Spoons, one of Italy's largest technology companies, the majority of code changes are now co-authored with Claude Code[1].
Reaching the Design Field, with a Demonstration at Milan Design Week
Anthropic is also putting Claude in the hands of Italy's leading designers. During Milan Design Week, the team partnered with Alcova Milano to run a hands-on workshop for creative professionals, showing how Claude connects to the tools used in industrial, furniture, and spatial design, and how it can support the creative process[1].
Anthropic's Call for "More Voices"
The office opening came shortly after the release of Magnifica Humanitas, described as the first encyclical by Pope Leo XIV and the first papal teaching dedicated to AI. Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah was invited to speak at its presentation, where he addressed the ethical questions AI raises and called on a wide range of actors—religious traditions, civil society, academia, and governments—to help shape a positive outcome for humanity[1].
The company says the question of how AI reshapes work, design, knowledge, and human agency is not one the technology sector can or should answer alone. Its position is that getting the AI transition right requires "more voices, not fewer," and the Milan team will support the Italian companies, researchers, and builders shaping how this technology is used[1].
Summary
Anthropic's Milan office is more than a reinforcement of its European presence; it reflects how Claude is being put to practical use across diverse fields such as finance, energy, and design. It also reaffirms the company's stance of inviting a broader range of participants into the conversation about AI.
