SEOUL, October 24 (AJP) - Anthropic, the U.S. artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, said it will open a Seoul office early next year.
“South Korea is a leader in AI innovation in Asia, and Claude is already widely used here,” Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, said in a statement. “We look forward to collaborating with partners in South Korea’s world-class tech ecosystem to realize AI’s potential.”
Senior executives from Anthropic are expected to visit Seoul next week to meet with local clients and partners, the company said.
According to Anthropic’s internal data, South Korea ranks among the top five countries globally in both total and per capita use of Claude. More than a quarter of all users of Claude Code, the company’s AI coding assistant, are based in the Asia-Pacific region.
In South Korea, monthly active users have grown sixfold over the past four months, with South Korean software engineers now accounting for the largest share of Claude Code users worldwide.
Anthropic has already established collaborations with major South Korean venture capital firms and startups through its “Claude for Startups” initiative, which provides access to technical resources. Local companies have begun integrating Claude into their workflows — Law & Company, a legal tech startup, reported a 70 percent increase in lawyer efficiency after adopting the tool, while SK Telecom is partnering with Anthropic to develop new AI service models.
“South Korean companies already demonstrate world-class capabilities in complex coding and enterprise applications,” said Paul Smith, Anthropic’s chief operating officer. “Our Seoul office will allow us to work more closely with them and offer tailored support for their specialized needs.”
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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