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A slew of U.S. Big Tech and AI companies are racing to expand in London as they look to take advantage of the city's deep talent pools amid a push to develop and commercialize frontier tech. Anthropic and OpenAI both announced they'd taken up larger office spaces in the U.K. capital in recent months. Vibe coding platform Cursor unveiled plans this week to open a London headquarters this summer and Google said it will begin moving teams into a new 11-storey building in Kings Cross in the coming months. Other key U.S. software players, such as Databricks and Salesforce , are also upping headcount or expanding their campuses in the city. Elsewhere, electric vehicle company Rivian and Palantir said in the second half of 2025 they'd also be growing in London. "It's all about talent," Mike Wiseman, head of campuses at British Land, told CNBC. "London has built a deep and mature technology ecosystem over many years, and if you're looking to scale a business internationally, it's one of the few markets globally that can support that level of growth."
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