--- title: "Anthropic hires Orange’s AI chief as its European build-out accelerates" url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-hires-orange-s-ai-chief-as-its-european-build-out-accelerates-a9xam9wbe source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-hires-orange-ai-chief type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-25T13:14:00.364Z updated: 2026-06-25T13:14:37.098Z tags: ["claude", "anthropic"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic hires Orange’s AI chief as its European build-out accelerates **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Steve Jarrett, Orange's chief AI officer since 2019, is joining Anthropic in Paris on 25 August to help the company adapt its products for European and African markets. The hire is part of Anthropic's accelerating European expansion, which recently included opening a sixth European office in Milan. Orange has already named a successor, Usman Javaid, effective 1 September. The move reflects Anthropic's strategy of recruiting senior talent from the enterprise buyer side to strengthen its regional go-to-market efforts, as the company prepares to go public and aims to triple its international workforce. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic to open a Milan office, lining the Italy push up behind a Vatican-led repositioning](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-to-open-a-milan-office-lining-the-italy-push-up-behind-a-vatican-led-repositioning-lyzzwdqzv) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-taps-former-microsoft-india-md-to-lead-bengaluru-expansion-mlembharw) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic helps UK.gov to build chatbot for job seekers](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-helps-uk-gov-to-build-chatbot-for-job-seekers-jcsnoxf7l) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic’s Milan office lands with Generali, Pirelli and Enel as named Italian customers](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-milan-office-lands-with-generali-pirelli-and-enel-as-named-italian-customers-zr187ptkz) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-hires-orange-s-ai-chief-as-its-european-build-out-accelerates-a9xam9wbe)