Anthropic opens Seoul office and announces new partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem
Key Points
- Seoul office opens
- Large-scale enterprise Claude deployments
- NAIRL research access for 60 researchers
Summary
Anthropic opened a Seoul office (led by KiYoung Choi) and announced expanded partnerships with Korean enterprises, startups, and research institutions to scale Claude deployments, support developer programs, and enable AI safety research.
Key Points
- Office & hiring: Seoul office is open and hiring across roles; local leadership by KiYoung Choi.
- Enterprise deployments: NAVER deployed Claude Code org-wide; Nexon uses Claude Code for live-game engineering; LG CNS and Samsung SDS are rolling out Claude across employees; Hanwha Solutions is delivering Claude via AWS Bedrock to meet in-region data-residency and security requirements.
- Startups & products: Channel Corp integrates Claude into Channel Talk (used by 230,000+ customers); Claude for Startups is live in Korea; Claude Meetups and Build Day events support local developer adoption.
- Research & nonprofit: Anthropic will provide Claude access to up to 60 NAIRL-affiliated researchers (KAIST, Korea University, Yonsei, POSTECH) for safety, alignment, and robustness work; Good Neighbors Korea is deploying Claude to reduce administrative workload for frontline staff.
- Events & programs: Anthropic co-hosted Claude Build Day and will co-host a Push to Prod hackathon with Replit, Korea Investment Partners, and Korea Investment Accelerator—opportunities for mentorship and hands-on work with Claude Code.
- Engineer guidance: Evaluate Claude Code for coding productivity and agent workflows; use AWS Bedrock integration for strict data residency; join local meetups, hackathons, and Claude for Startups for onboarding and mentorship.