Amazon pours another $5B into Anthropic

Amazon has committed a further $5 billion to Anthropic in a deal that comes with a striking condition: Anthropic will spend $100 billion on AWS cloud infrastructure in return. The circular arrangement cements AWS as the backbone of one of the leading AI labs and deepens a partnership that is reshaping the competitive landscape between cloud giants.

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