VentureBeat November 22, 2024
The artificial intelligence arms race heated up Friday as Amazon announced an additional $4 billion investment in Anthropic, doubling its stake to $8 billion in a move that signals the cloud computing giant’s ambitious bid to compete with Microsoft and Google in the fast-evolving AI landscape.
The deal, which maintains Amazon as a minority investor, establishes AWS as Anthropic’s primary cloud and training partner. Most significantly, it commits Anthropic to using Amazon’s custom-designed Trainium and Inferentia chips for training and deploying its advanced AI models — a major win for Amazon’s semiconductor strategy.
Amazon’s calculated investment positions the company at the center of AI infrastructure development. While Microsoft has captured headlines and market momentum through its OpenAI partnership, Amazon is...
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