Anthropic will open a new office in Milan, marking its sixth location in Europe alongside London, Dublin, Paris, Zurich, and Munich. The Milan team will work with Italian companies and the country's developer community to build and scale Claude responsibly, contributing to ongoing discussions about AI in Italy's industry and public life. The office opening follows the release of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on artificial intelligence. Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah addressed ethical AI questions at its presentation, urging religious traditions, civil society, academia, and governments to shape AI's positive impact on humanity.

Anthropic's AI capabilities and safety commitment have already gained trust in Italy, with local team leader Thomas Remy working with companies like Generali Group, Unipol Group, Angelini Pharma, Bracco Group, Enel Group, and Pirelli. The company also partnered with JAKALA to deploy Claude across over 3,000 seats, freeing up about 70% of senior team time for higher-judgment work. Italian startups like Satispay and Bending Spoons have adopted Claude, with Satispay compressing an 18-month roadmap into seven months and updating its core payment system ten times faster than planned. At Bending Spoons, most code changes are now co-authored with Claude Code.

During Milan Design Week, Anthropic partnered with Alcova Milano to run a workshop for designers, showing how Claude integrates with tools used by industrial, furniture, and spatial designers. Chris Ciauri, MD International at Anthropic, stated, "We are here to support Italian enterprise, research, and culture through a safe AI transition. Italy has always embraced transformation, and we are optimistic about frontier AI's potential for this country, from its largest industrial groups to its founders, universities, and cultural institutions." The company emphasized that AI's impact on work, design, knowledge, and human agency requires broader collaboration beyond the technology sector. Anthropic was founded to address these critical questions, believing that involving industry, civil society, and institutions with long-standing insights into human dignity is essential for a successful AI transition.

The Milan team will support Italian companies, researchers, and builders shaping AI's use and contribute to discussions on its development.

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