TechCheck Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry goes global 9/26/25
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Sep 26, 2025 Anthropic is ramping up global hiring, targeting regions like Tokyo, Europe, and India to meet surging enterprise demand. With nearly 80% of its usage outside the U.S., the company’s international strategy closely mirrors that of OpenAI, both racing to expand their global footprint. The podcast explores how Anthropic addresses privacy and security concerns as it grows. Additionally, it highlights a shift towards embedding engineers with clients to minimize AI deployment failures, illustrating a strategic focus on enterprise over consumer markets.
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Tokyo Office And Hiring Blitz
- Anthropic is opening its first Asia office in Tokyo and hiring country leads across India, Korea and Singapore as demand climbs.
- The applied AI team will grow fivefold and the international go-to workforce will triple to serve enterprise clients.
Rapid International Demand Surge
- Anthropic is scaling internationally because nearly 80% of usage now happens outside the U.S. and per-user adoption in markets like Singapore, Korea and Australia exceeds U.S. levels.
- The company is matching demand by opening offices and tripling its go-to-market teams to meet enterprise clients where they are.
Competition And The Infrastructure Edge
- Anthropic and OpenAI are racing for the same international enterprise dollars by opening regional offices and hiring locally.
- Ownership of infrastructure and compute remains a decisive advantage according to VC sources.