Gamberoni (Anthropic): ‘Italia is not lagging behind on AI; what is needed now is well-governed adoption’

Is Italia really struggling when it comes to adopting artificial intelligence? ‘I would be cautious about describing Italia simply as “lagging behind” on AI. The country has strong potential, and businesses, institutions and developers are already exploring cutting-edge technologies and using them to rethink processes and ways of working.” This was the response given to *Il Sole 24 Ore* by Mattia Gamberoni, Anthropic’s new Country Manager for Italia, who was announced a few days ago. ‘The challenge,’ continued the manager who will lead Anthropic’s team in Italia, ‘is to transform this interest into wider and well-governed adoption, particularly in a market where organisations differ significantly in terms of size, digital maturity and regulatory requirements.’

In May 2026, Anthropic announced the opening of an office in Milan – its sixth in Europe, following London, Dublin, Paris, Zurich and Munich. Some of Italy’s largest companies – including Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo, Poste Italiane and Unipol – are, for example, rolling out the use of Claude Code to their respective developer communities, as part of an initiative aimed at responsibly integrating AI into day-to-day software engineering activities.

‘Our approach – in response to the question of how Anthropic will organise itself in Italia – follows the same principles for both large enterprises and SMEs. We start with our clients’ needs, not with a single sector or a specific company size. We collaborate with organisations active in financial services, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, the automotive sector and technology, working with both large enterprises and the wider business ecosystem. In Italia, we also operate through the Claude Partner Network, which brings together local and global system integrators and consultancy firms. These partners train and certify their own teams on Claude, then design, implement and manage Claude-based solutions for large Italian enterprises and SMEs, working alongside our team.

Gamberoni led Stripe’s business in Southern Europe and helped launch and grow Amazon Web Services on the Iberian Peninsula. His career also includes stints at Salesforce, where he helped launch the business in Italia, and at Cisco. On the warnings issued by AI industry leaders, including Dario Amodei, his position is in line with that of Anthropic and OpenAI: ‘As AI has become exponentially more powerful over a very short period of time, there have recently been alarming incidents and growing evidence that AI is on a trajectory towards recursive self-improvement ( RSI), that is, a state in which AI models would be fully capable of developing themselves. Anthropic has publicly shared our findings regarding these incidents and the evidence pointing towards RSI, but more needs to be done.

‘I agree with Dario that, whilst it is not easy, slowing down for a year or two would give the world time to tackle this challenge properly. This means making the models safer, ensuring that humans remain in control, and taking steps to ensure that everyone can benefit from the advantages of AI.’