Anthropic to triple international workforce as AI models drive growth outside US

Anthropic said on Friday it plans to triple its international workforce and expand its applied artificial intelligence team by fivefold this year to meet a surge in demand for its Claude AI models outside the United States.

Nearly 80% of consumer usage for Claude comes from outside the United States, with per-person usage in countries like South Korea, Australia and Singapore outpacing that of America, the company said.

Anthropic, valued at $183 billion and backed by Google-parent Alphabet and Amazon.com, has distinguished itself, in part, by building…