Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Amazon has committed an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic, increasing its total investment to $13 billion.
- Anthropic has agreed to spend over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next decade, securing up to 5 GW of new computing capacity for training and running its AI model, Claude.
- The partnership focuses on Amazon's custom AI chips, including Graviton CPUs and Trainium AI accelerators, specifically covering Trainium2 through the upcoming Trainium4 chips.
- This deal mirrors Amazon's recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI, which was also structured partly as cloud infrastructure services rather than direct cash.
- Anthropic has secured options to purchase capacity on future Amazon AI chips as they become available, ensuring ongoing access to cutting-edge hardware.
