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Anthropic to Lease Full 16-Story Manhattan Tower, Doubling NYC Staff to 1,000

July 8, 2026 at 01:41 EDT

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AI company Anthropic plans to lease a 16-story office building in Manhattan's Hudson Square district and double its New York City (NYC) headcount to 1,000 this year. According to reporting, the building in question is at 330 Hudson Street, and the maker of the Claude models is in talks to lease the entire property.

Summer 2026 · Anthropic

Anthropic to lease an entire 16-story Manhattan tower — a 30× office leap

The AI safety company will take the full building at 330 Hudson Street in Hudson Square and double its New York City workforce to 1,000 this year, a landmark move in the industry's push onto the East Coast.

stories — the entire building

1,700+

seats available

1,000

NYC staff target (doubling)

A roughly 30× jump in floor space

Current NYC office vs. the new full-building lease (square feet)

15,500

Current office

465,630

330 Hudson St.

≈ 30× larger than today's footprint

Growth engine

Enthusiasm for New York as a technology hub, targeting finance and media talent as AI firms accelerate their East Coast presence.

Concerns

Officials, including the state comptroller, warn about the potential impact of AI on jobs even amid the local hiring boom.

Why the expansion, in Anthropic's own words

60%

of engineers and researchers use Claude in their work

50%

productivity boost they reported from using it

2028

phased move-in as an existing sublease runs through September

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