Anthropic hires Orange's AI chief amid Europe push
Anthropic logo in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
June 25 : 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
