Anthropic grows London office to 800, OpenAI to 500 — but consider startups instead
schwarzjn_ · x · 2026-10-02
Both Anthropic and OpenAI announced big London expansions this year: Anthropic growing from 200 to 800 people, OpenAI to 500, with reports that the London office played a key role in training GPT-6 Astra. Researcher Johannes Schwarz advises ambitious young AI researchers in London to found or join startups instead — at a frontier lab you're one of thousands with far less impact.
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