Anthropic, the AI research company behind Claude, is in advanced talks to take over an entire 16-story building in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. The move would give the company roughly 465,000 square feet of office space at 330 Hudson Street, enough room to double its New York City headcount to 1,000 employees.

The details of the deal

The building at 330 Hudson Street is owned by AEW Capital Management and spans 16 floors. Anthropic has been operating out of a smaller office at 155 Avenue of the Americas.

Anthropic’s target of 1,000 NYC employees by the end of 2026 signals that the company views New York as a critical talent hub, not just a satellite office to its San Francisco headquarters. The expansion also coincides with separate announcements about custom data centers the company expects to bring online in 2026, with locations planned for both New York and Texas.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives, including siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei.

AI’s Manhattan land grab

Anthropic isn’t operating in a vacuum here. The commercial real estate market in Manhattan has been experiencing something of a renaissance, driven almost entirely by AI companies hungry for talent and physical proximity to each other.

What this means for investors

Anthropic has raised significant funding from both Amazon and Google. The company’s willingness to commit to a massive physical footprint tells you something about how its leadership views the next few years.

There’s also a more niche angle worth noting. Anthropic has been referenced as a tokenized entity on PreStocks, a platform operating on Solana that allows trading of pre-IPO company tokens.