Anthropic Will Open Office In Seoul, South Korea In 2026

Anthropic wants expansion into South Korea (photo: dock. Anthropic)

JAKARTA Anthropic, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) company that developed Claude, announced plans for expansion. Reportedly, Anthropic will set up a company office in South Korea.

Anthropic Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Smith, revealed the reasons behind the expansion to South Korea. He said that Korea is one of the countries with the most Anthropic users in the Asian region.

"Of the top five (Anthropic) users globally, three are in Asia: Korea, Japan, and India," Smith said, quoted from Anthropic's official website on Friday, October 24.

Smith added that Asia is showing very high activity, especially in the use of their code development tools. Anthropic notes that 25 percent of all Claude Code users are from Asia.

South Korea is the most active market in the use of the Claude Code. The company reports that the number of active weekly users in Korea has grown sixfold in just the last four months.

Therefore, Anthropic plans to build his office in the country, in Seoul to be exact. This plan is expected to take place in early 2026. Although Anthropic calls Korea the most users, it is not stated how many users are certain.

This decision is a continuation of a global expansion plan, in which Anthrop wants to double his international workforce. This expansion is needed to meet soaring demand for the large language model Claude AI outside the US.

"This growth will increase rapidly in 2026," said SMITH. Smith also emphasized that Anthropic's focus on the corporate business is going very well. This can be seen from the company's annual income rate which almost reached 7 billion US dollars (Rp 116.4 trillion).

Apart from Seoul, the Alphabet and Amazon-backed AI company will also open offices in Tokyo and Bengaluru. Anthropic is also recruiting more than 100 employees in Dublin, London, and Zurich.