Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
3 hours ago
- #Amazon Investment
- #AI Chip Technology
- #Anthropic AWS Deal
- Amazon invests an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, totaling $13 billion.
- Anthropic commits to spending over $100 billion on AWS over the next 10 years for up to 5 GW of computing capacity.
- The deal resembles a recent $110 billion funding round for OpenAI, structured with cloud infrastructure services.
- Amazon's custom chips, including Graviton and Trainium, are central to the agreement, covering Trainium2 through Trainium4.
- Anthropic may be hinting at a new funding round, with VCs valuing it at $800 billion or more.