Anthropic\u2019s new office will be in London\u2019s Knowledge Quarter in King\u2019s Cross, following in the footsteps of rival OpenAI, as the AI company deepens its relationship with the UK amid its feud with the US government.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Silicon Valley heavyweight Anthropic secured a new 158,000 square foot office in the Knowledge Quarter at Regent\u2019s Place, with a capacity of around 800 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s existing London team, which consists of more than 200 people, including 60 AI safety researchers, is one of its most significant hubs outside the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The expansion will build on that headcount, swelling the company\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n
Anthropic is offering up to \u00a3630,000 per year<\/a> for London engineers, which will force European founders to reassess their compensation packages to fight for talent, investors told Tech Funding News.<\/p>\n OpenAI has also leased space in London\u2019s Knowledge Quarter, marking its first permanent UK office. The one-mile radius of King\u2019s Cross is home to 100 academic, research, and commercial organisations. Big Tech firms like Google DeepMind and Meta are based in the area, as well as buzzy AI names AI video startup Synthesia<\/a> and autonomous car company Wayve<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Anthropic\u2019s annual run-rate revenue<\/a> surpassed $30 billion, according to an April statement, up from $9 billion at the end of 2025. The company forecast a cash burn rate of around a third of revenue in 2026, per reports. It expects that to drop to 9% by 2027 and to break even by 2028. <\/p>\n In the UK, its chatbot Claude is used by hedge fund Man Group, the London Stock Exchange Group, and even GOV.UK in a Department for Science, Innovation and Technology pilot.\u00a0Still, Claude usage in the UK<\/a> is not as high as in other countries such as Singapore, Australia and Switzerland.<\/p>\n \u201cEurope\u2019s largest businesses and fastest-growing startups are choosing Claude, and we\u2019re scaling to match. London is already one of our most important research and commercial hubs outside the US, and our expansion in the Knowledge Quarter gives us the room to grow into,\u201d Pip White, who leads northern Europe at Anthropic, tells TFN.<\/p>\n \u201cThe UK combines ambitious enterprises and institutions that understand what\u2019s at stake with AI safety with an exceptional pool of AI talent \u2014 we want to be where all of that comes together.\u201d<\/p>\n Alignment on AI safety<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Anthropic released a preview of its most advanced model to date, Mythos, which caused widespread security concerns<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The US National Security Agency is reportedly using the system<\/a> to detect software vulnerabilities, despite the fact that the Department of Defence (DoD) in March designated Anthropic a \u201csupply-chain risk,\u201d according to Axios.<\/p>\n The designation came after CEO Dario Amodei refused to lift Claude\u2019s safety barriers for US military applications, kickstarting a public spat between Anthropic and the Trump Administration. The company argues that its system was not developed for \u201cfully lethal autonomous weapons,\u201d according to court filings<\/a>, which is one of its red lines.<\/p>\n Anthropic sees Mythos as a tool for securing software, not breaking it. The UK is generally more cautious with AI than the US, which is perhaps why it makes sense that Anthropic would deepen its ties with the country, as its ethical red lines could be seen as an asset rather than an obstacle. <\/p>\n The UK is positioning itself as a leader in AI safety, and politicians back strong governance ideas.\u00a0For example, the government-backed AI Security Institute this week published an evaluation of Mythos<\/a> that urged companies to invest in cybersecurity.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFuture frontier models will be more capable still, so investment now in cyber defence is vital. AI cyber capabilities are dual-use; while they pose security challenges, they can also help deliver game-changing improvements in defence,\u201d it stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n Anthropic is granting access to Mythos in stages via a coalition that includes Apple, Nvidia, Google, and others, in what it calls Project Glasswing.<\/p>\n