Anthropic: Australia Lags Global Peers in Claude Coding Usage

Anthropic's Australia and New Zealand General Manager Theo Hourmouzis said at a National Australia Bank event that the company's Australian clients lag their global peers in using the Claude chatbot's coding capabilities, instead favoring it for simpler tasks. Citing Anthropic data, Hourmouzis noted that approximately 5.8% of Claude usage in Australia involves basic administrative tasks such as invoice processing, inventory management, and general administration—higher than the global level of around 4.7%. He pointed out that local usage leans more toward back-office and pragmatic work.