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Amazon Commits Up to $25 Billion Additional Investment in Anthropic for AI Infrastructure
Anthropic pledges $100 billion+ AWS spend over decade as AI giants race to build capacity
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- Amazon announced an expanded agreement to invest up to $25 billion in AI startup Anthropic, on top of $8 billion previously invested.
- Anthropic committed to spend over $100 billion on AWS technologies including Trainium chips over 10 years.
- The deal values Anthropic at $380 billion and includes $5 billion upfront with up to $20 billion tied to commercial milestones.
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Amazon announced an expanded agreement to invest up to $25 billion in AI startup Anthropic, on top of $8 billion previously invested. Anthropic committed to spend over $100 billion on AWS technologies including Trainium chips over 10 years. The deal values Anthropic at $380 billion and includes $5 billion upfront with up to $20 billion tied to commercial milestones. The investment comes as major hyperscalers compete fiercely for AI compute capacity, with Amazon planning ~$200 billion in capex this year.
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