{
  "id": 7668025,
  "title": "Anthropic to open Singapore office in October, will be hiring for range of roles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-open-singapore-office-in-october-will-be-hiring-for",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T00:24:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/anthropic-to-open-singapore-office-will-be-hiring-for-range-of-roles"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, is set to open an office in Singapore in October, its fifth office in the Asia-Pacific region. The company's expansion comes as demand for its AI assistant, Claude, continues to grow. Speaking to the move, Chris Ciauri, Anthropic's managing director of international, highlighted the strong enterprise demand for Claude and the company's economic index ranking Singapore as the second most popular country for its usage relative to population. The new office will be led by Dale Finlay, Anthropic's general manager of ASEAN, who will work alongside local customers and partners to build solutions using Claude. The company is planning to hire for a diverse range of roles in Singapore to support its growing operations.",
  "summary": "Claude usage per capita in Singapore is among the highest in the world.",
  "key_points": [
    "Anthropic opening Singapore office in October",
    "Fifth Asia-Pacific office for the AI company",
    "Dale Finlay to lead new Singapore office"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Anthropic to open Singapore office as Republic’s per-capita usage ranks second globally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-open-singapore-office-as-republics-per-capita-usage",
        "published": "2026-09-16T00:39:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Anthropic to open Singapore office, its 5th in APAC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-open-singapore-office-its-5th-in-apac",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:54:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Anthropic to open Singapore office in October, hire locally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/anthropic-to-open-singapore-office-in-october-hire-locally",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:59:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}