PYMNTS.com February 16, 2025
Anthropic has asked a judge to let Google keep investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups.
The AI developer went to court Friday (Feb. 14), calling for an end to a U.S. government proposal that would prevent Google from backing AI firms, Bloomberg News reported. That proposal is part of the government’s planned remedy to fix Google’s monopolization of the online search space.
“A remedy that requires Google to terminate its relationship with Anthropic would harm both Anthropic and competition more generally,” the company’s filing said, per Bloomberg.
Google, which has invested around $3 billion in Anthropic, lost its antitrust case last year when a federal judge ruled the company held an illegal online search and search ad monopoly.
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