Anthropic hires Orange's AI chief amid Europe push

June 25, 2026 7:31 AM EDT

Anthropic logo in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

June 25 (Reuters) - ‌The artificial ​intelligence ​head of French telecoms group Orange has left ‌the company to join U.S. AI ⁠startup Anthropic, he said on Thursday.

• ‌Steve Jarrett, Orange's Chief ‌AI officer, said he has accepted a job at Anthropic, ​without disclosing his new title

• Jarrett had been with the ⁠European telecoms group since 2019

• He will start ​at Anthropic on August 25 and will be based in ​Paris, according to ‌a LinkedIn post

• Jarrett will initially help the company ⁠to "better understand and adapt" its products to the needs of the ⁠European and African market

• Anthropic opened its ​sixth European office in Milan last month

• The maker of the Claude and ‌Mythos AI models, set to go public this year, ‌is expanding in the continent ⁠amid plans ‌to triple its ​international workforce

(Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Matt ‌Scuffham)



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