Anthropic is moving into a new London office as it seeks to expand its research and commercial footprint in Europe, setting up a scrap between the leading AI labs for talent emerging from British universities. The company, which opened its first London office in 2023 , is moving to the same neighborhood as Google DeepMind , OpenAI , Meta , Wayve , Isomorphic Labs , Synthesia , and various AI research institutions. Anthropic’s new, 158,000-square-foot office footprint will have space enough for 800 people—four times its current head count—giving it room to potentially outscale OpenAI, which itself recently announced an expansion in London. “Europe's largest businesses and fastest-growing startups are choosing Claude, and we're scaling to match,” says Pip White, head of EMEA North at Anthropic. “The UK combines ambitious enterprises and institutions that understand what's at stake with AI safety with an exceptional pool of AI talent—we want to be where all of that comes together.…