Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on
On Tuesday, Microsoft and Nvidia announced plans to invest in Anthropic under a new partnership that includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use Microsoft's cloud services. Nvidia will commit up to $10 billion to Anthropic and Microsoft up to $5 billion, with both companies investing in Anthropic's next funding round.
The deal brings together two companies that have backed OpenAI and connects them more closely to one of the ChatGPT maker's main competitors. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a video that OpenAI remains a critical partner," while adding that the companies will increasingly be customers of each other.
We will use Anthropic models, they will use our infrastructure, and we'll go to market together," Nadella said.