Anthropic Expands Enterprise AI Adoption to South Korea With New Seoul Office
In Focus
- Anthropic has signed multiple partnerships with government agencies in South Korea
- The company opened an office in Seoul amidst U.S. AI export controls
- South Korea is among the top 12 countries with high Claude usage
Anthropic has opened a Seoul office and announced multiple partnerships with South Korean agencies, tech companies, and universities. The AI firm also signed a memorandum of understanding on AI safety with South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT. Anthropic’s South Korea partnership comes days after the U.S. government ordered the AI firm to restrict foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos AI models over national security concerns.
Why Did Anthropic Open an Office in Seoul?
Anthropic’s Seoul office is expected to serve as a collaboration hub between the AI firm and enterprises, researchers, startups, and developers who use Claude in South Korea. Senior officials from the AI firm met Korean customers, partners, and developers in Seoul this week during the office opening event.
Anthropic noted that its memorandum with the country’s Science and ICT Ministry will pave the way for secure AI adoption across the public sector. Anthropic will work with the Korea AI Safety Institute will ensure safety evaluation of the Korean-language model.
“What I see in Korea are teams who understand that innovation and safety are two sides of the same coin. Korean organizations are building with Claude to bring the benefits of AI to millions around the world. Opening an office in Seoul gives a long-term home to our work alongside the people shaping Korean leadership in AI,” Anthropic’s Representative Director of Korea, KiYoung Choi, said in a company statement.
As part of the cooperation, Anthropic will give 60 affiliated researchers access to Claude to support AI safety, model evaluation, and frontier research work in the country.
How South Korean Firms are Deploying Claude Code
South Korea is among the top 12 countries with high Claude usage globally. Most people use the model for technical and creative work. Anthropic’s South Korea partnerships highlight the growing adoption of Claude code by enterprises in the Asian country.
Leading South Korean firms, including LG, plan to deploy the Claude AI model across its solutions to meet data security and residency needs. Samsung SDS is also deploying Claude across Samsung Electronics to support agentic workflows, knowledge work, and software development.
Already, companies like NAVER and Nexon have deployed Claude code across their business functions. In NAVER, Claude Code is being used across the engineering functions. In Nexon, engineers use the AI model to write, review, and publish code for live-service games.
Startups have also started integrating Claude into their products. For instance, Channel Corp uses the AI model to power a customer AI platform called Power Channel Talk. Over 230,000 companies across the U.S., South Korea, and Japan use the platform.
What the Anthropic Partnership Means for South Korea
South Korea is emerging as a key AI hub. In addition to being a major AI market, the country is expanding its role to research, safety testing, enterprise adoption, and public-sector deployment.
Anthropic’s partnership with government institutions reflects a growing trend in the AI industry. Increasingly, AI companies are combining commercial expansion with governance, regulation and ecosystem development initiatives.
