Anthropic has leased an entire office building in Manhattan’s Hudson Square and plans to double its local workforce. The company will occupy all 16 floors at 330 Hudson St. in Hudson Square, and plans to have more than 1,000 employees in New York City by the end of this year, up from less than 500 at the start of 2026. Anthropic will begin moving into the office later this summer and has space in the facility for about 1,700 desks. New York already ranked as Anthropic’s second-largest office hub behind its headquarters in San Francisco. Anthropic chief commercial officer Paul Smith stated that “New York is one of the main hubs for how AI is being put to work,” and that “doubling our team here and deepening our long-term commitment to the city will allow us to sit closer to that work.” Gov. Kathy Hochul lauded the move, stating it “demonstrates that New York City — with its unparalleled talent pool, vast industry diversity, and close proximity to the world’s largest academic and research institutions — remains the premier place for companies to do business.” The expansion follows Anthropic’s relaunch of its cutting-edge Mythos and Fable AI models with the Trump administration’s approval, after the White House had targeted the models with export controls.