US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has announced plans to create an additional 200 jobs in Ireland.
The firm established its European headquarters in Dublin in 2024 and to accommodate the new staff, Anthropic is to increase its office space six-fold to 21,000sq/ft in a new central Dublin location.
The additional 200 roles will be created between now and 2027 in engineering, sales, finance, legal and compliance, and operations.
It is understood it will bring the company's Irish headcount to close to 300.
Anthropic said the expansion is a response to strong enterprise demand in Europe which has seen an 11-fold increase in its EMEA revenue, driven by businesses using its AI tool Claude.
Claude recently topped the free iPhone apps chart in Ireland.
"What we hear consistently from Europe's largest businesses is that they want AI they can trust, systems that are safe, reliable and built with their interests in mind," said President and co-founder of Anthropic Daniela Amodei.
"That's exactly what Anthropic exists to provide and Dublin is the ideal base to deliver it," she said.
"The talent here is exceptional and we're proud to be deepening our commitment to Ireland at this pivotal moment for AI adoption in Europe," she added.
Among the roles currently open in Anthropic's Dublin office is a vacancy for a staff software engineer with a salary of up to €355,000 and a sales development manager with a salary of up to €225,000
Taoiseach Micheál Martin welcomed the jobs announcement.
"Anthropic's major expansion in Ireland is a strong vote of confidence in our thriving technology ecosystem and our position as a global hub for AI innovation, supported by world class research, a highly skilled workforce and a pro-innovation policy environment," Mr Martin said.
Anthropic this week filed a lawsuit against the US government, fighting claims that it is a "supply chain risk".
It followed a row between the company and the Pentagon after Anthropic insisted its technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems.
