Anthropic to spend over $100bn over a decade on Amazon’s cloud tech

Anthropic to spend over $100bn over a decade on Amazon’s cloud tech

Amazon said on Monday that Anthropic will spend more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on its cloud technologies, deepening its relationship as the AI startup rushes to secure capacity to bolster its models.

Abubakar Ibrahim
Apr 21
Anthropic to spend over $100bn over a decade on Amazon’s cloud tech

Amazon said on Monday that Anthropic will spend more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on its cloud technologies, deepening its relationship as the AI startup rushes to secure capacity to bolster its models.

Amazon will also invest $5 ​billion in Anthropic now, and an additional $20 billion in the future, subject ​to certain commercial milestones. This ​is in addition to the $8 billion Amazon ‌has ⁠previously invested in the company.

Anthropic is aiming to pull ahead in the AI race with a slew of model releases focused on coding and design, while Amazon seeks customers for its custom silicon chips built for artificial intelligence training and inference.

Amazon ​shares rose around ​2.5% in extended trading.

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