Anthropic secured $4 billion in funding from Amazon, bringing Amazon's total investment to $8 billion while remaining a minority investor. This deal involves Anthropic primarily using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Trainium and Inferentia chips, for AI model training and deployment. Learn more about the AWS and Anthropic partnership.
This partnership allows Anthropic to leverage AWS's infrastructure and custom-designed chips to enhance its AI capabilities. Anthropic's Claude models are already available via Amazon Bedrock, serving thousands of customers. The collaboration extends to potential enhancements for Amazon's consumer products, including replacing Alexa's models with Anthropic's.
This substantial investment follows previous funding rounds, bringing Anthropic's total raised capital to $13.7 billion. The agreement requires Anthropic to utilize AWS's Trainium chips, despite a reported preference for Nvidia. This strategic move addresses Anthropic's projected $2.7 billion expenditure in 2024 for AI development. Explore Anthropic's funding journey.
The collaboration has drawn regulatory attention, with the FTC investigating the competitive impact of such investments in the generative AI field. Despite scrutiny, the partnership continues to advance, with plans for early access to fine-tuning new Claude models on customer data. Anthropic also collaborates with AWS and Palantir to provide Claude access to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.
Anthropic, co-founded by ex-OpenAI VP of Research Dario Amodei, emphasizes a safety-focused approach to AI development. The company continues to innovate, introducing features like Computer Use for Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Despite recent price hikes and delays for Claude 3.5 Opus, Anthropic expands its offerings with new tools, subscriptions, and strategic hires. Discover Anthropic's Claude AI models.