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AI "Circle Jerk" Returns: Anthropic To Spend $100 Billion On AWS In Amazon Deal
AI "Circle Jerk" Returns: Anthropic To Spend $100 Billion On AWS In Amazon Deal Circular AI vendor financing is back and back in a big way... As we noted last fall, when we walked readers through the stunning math behind what we called the AI "circle jerk," this latest iteration centers on Amazon and Anthropic, with the left-leaning AI company now committing to spend more than $100 billion over the next decade on AWS infrastructure. In the announcement on Monday evening, Anthropic committed to spending more than $100 billion over the next decade on AWS infrastructure, including multiple generations of Trainium chips and tens of millions of Graviton cores. Amazon plans to invest $5 billion in Anthropic and up to an additional $20 billion in the future. "Anthropic's commitment to run its large language models on AWS Trainium for the next decade reflects the progress we've made together on custom silicon, as we continue delivering the technology and infrastructure our customers need to build with generative AI," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement.
Polymarket reportedly in talks for $400M funding round, eyes $15B valuation after recent growth | Yogonet International
Polymarket is reportedly weighing a $400 million fundraising round at a $15 billion valuation following a recent $600 million raise, with internal discussions focused on whether to proceed now or delay for a higher price, according to Bloomberg. The proposed round would follow a series of investments that lifted the company's valuation from $1 billion in June last year to $9 billion later in the year, and a $600 million raise in March 2026. The prediction market operator would now attain a $15 billion valuation in the latest funding round. Despite the increase in valuation, Polymarket remains below rival Kalshi Inc., which recently reached $22 billion in a $1 billion fundraising round. Polymarket's investors include Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), in addition to a venture capital firm backed by Donald Trump Jr. The funding discussions come during a period of rising activity on the platform. Polymarket has reported more than $1 billion in weekly trading volume. In March, notional trading volume reached $10.6 billion, or six times the level recorded six months earlier, according to user-compiled data on Dune Analytics. The platform allows users to trade on the outcomes of events by buying and selling shares tied to specific results, including elections, geopolitical developments, and sports. It generates revenue through commissions on certain trades, with a variable fee structure. The company states that geopolitical and world events markets are "fee-free." Polymarket recently gained further attention for contracts linked to developments in the Middle East, including wagers on the timing of US-Israel strikes against Iran and the possibility of a US-Iran ceasefire, some of which appeared to bear signs of insider trading. The platform also hosts markets on a range of other topics, including the potential departure date of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the second coming of Jesus Christ, and outcomes of elections in multiple countries. The latest money from ICE came after the exchange group announced last year that it planned to invest up to $2 billion into Polymarket. Intercontinental Exchange has said it will act as a "global distributor" of Polymarket data, using activity on the platform to provide "sentiment analysis" for investors. Data from prediction markets has increasingly been used to inform trading strategies, including in oil markets. Supporters of prediction markets say they provide a "truth signal" by attaching financial incentives to forecasts. Some analysts have cautioned that activity by a limited number of users could influence implied probabilities, with potential effects on external markets that rely on such data. Polymarket operates an international exchange that is not open to US customers, while testing a new US-facing application. But the regulatory environment remains contested. Several state gaming regulators have said that prediction markets should be governed by state gambling regulations and have sought to shut them down in court. For its part, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission defends that the exchanges come under the agency's federal oversight and can operate nationwide. Trading activity on the platform has drawn attention from authorities and online communities. Israeli authorities earlier this year arrested several people and charged two on suspicion of using classified information to make Polymarket bets. A The Guardian investigation found that thousands of people in online communities on Discord are strategising on how to make money from conflict by betting on Ukraine's frontlines, laying arbitrage wagers on geopolitical events, and, at times, copying the bets of what appear to be insider wallets. The investigation also found that some Polymarket users appeared willing to pressure independent institutions, including the media and think tanks, to change reporting in order to win bets. In one instance, Polymarket traders threatened an Israeli journalist, demanding he change his article so that they could collect on a bet over whether Iran had struck Israel on a specific date. Polymarket rose in visibility during the 2024 US presidential election. During that period, well-known US pollster Nate Silver joined the platform's advisory board, stating that prediction markets may be a superior way to forecast events, as they monetarily incentivise correct guesses in a way that polling does not.
Amazon to invest $25B in Anthropic, securing cloud deal through 2036
Amazon plans a $25 billion investment in Anthropic, locking in Anthropic as a cloud customer through 2036. The deal is expected to affect Anthropic's odds in the Third Best AI Model by April 2026 market, where traders are now reassessing the company's competitive position against OpenAI and Google DeepMind. Market reaction The investment is likely to move both the Third Best AI Model by April 2026 and Third Best AI Model End of April markets. The April 30 markets have just 10 days left, making them especially sensitive to new information. This capital injection could drive a 15% shift in odds across these markets. Current face value volume is at $0, but the news may draw fresh liquidity as traders reprice Anthropic's chances. Why it matters Amazon's commitment gives Anthropic both money and cloud infrastructure access, which matters directly for training and evaluating large AI models. Anthropic is competing for a top spot in public benchmarks, and $25 billion in backing through 2036 changes the resource equation against better-funded competitors. What to watch For traders, buying YES in the April 2026 market at current odds could pay off if Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 performs well on benchmarks. Watch for statements from Dario Amodei or any Anthropic performance updates before month's end, as these would directly affect market expectations. API access
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
Who Kalshi, Polymarket and more are hiring as prediction markets grow
Prediction markets, in which people bet on the likelihood of real-world events via event contracts, have exploded in popularity over the past few years. As institutional players like Citadel Securities are becoming increasingly interested, these firms are starting to ramp up their growth efforts... but who are they hiring? 💥Follow us on WhatsApp for news alerts.💥 For one, prediction markets firms are in the market for staff found at those hedge funds and trading firms interested in trading on it. Peter Wagner, an MD at quant headhunting firm Affinity North, called Kalshi "a new player in the market for elite talent" in a market report last month. Polymarket, meanwhile has mentioned trading firms in multiple job listings; it asked for prop trading experience in an opening for a trade surveillance analyst, and for HFT experience when recruiting for a senior backend engineer. In an opening for a senior C++ engineer, it also asks for specialists in low latency techniques common in hedge funds like lock-free programming and multithreading. There are many hedge fund alums working in these companies already. Last month, Polymarket hired Mukilan Ashok as its interim US CTO; he was most recently global head of electronic trading engineering for credit at Citadel. Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour, meanwhile, previously interned at Citadel. Kalshi is also hiring traders on salaries of up to $250k for an affiliated trading entity that provides liquidity to the platform. They're expected to have a consistent PnL on Kalshi, trade large volumes on the platform, or have a strong background in traditional finance, sports betting, or competitive games like poker. Polymarket was reported to be building a similar team as of December. Polymarket, more so than Kalshi, is looking for crypto and web.3 enthusiasts. It uses smart contracts written in Solidity, a language built on the ethereum blockchain. Various blockchain technologies are mentioned across its job listings; it helps to have experience in roll-up technologies like Arbitrum Nova, as well as byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) consensus engines. Blockchain specialists are likely to become of increasing importance at Kalshi, which announced in December that it was tokenizing some of its markets through Solana. Both teams are building out new teams and functions right now. Polymarket says that is has "no existing QA infrastructure," and is hiring a quality assurance engineer to build a team. It's also hiring its first technical program manager. Kalshi, meanwhile, has an open listing for its first product manager, likening the role to a founder (although several people have joined as product managers recently). These firms are still startups, so naturally most of the people joining them are arriving from other startups and scaleups. Dan Lee joined Polymarket's product team from Coinbase, where he spent over four years; Lee was also previously an associate director at electronic trading firm Tower Research. Software Engineer Shen Jin joined last month from Scale AI, but he also spent three years with Robinhood. These teams are still very much in their infancy. In a podcast last month, Kalshi's founders said the fintech has just 120 employees. A now-closed job listing for Polymarket said it had 110 people at the start of this year but would be scaling to 260 people by the end of 2026. As with any exciting new technology, incumbent players are trying to get involved. The biggest fintechs building out prediction markets are Robinhood and Coinbase. The latter entered the space by acquired The Clearing Company, a prediction markets platform led by multiple Polymarket and Kalshi alums including ex-Polymarket head of engineering Liam Kovatch and head of growth Toni Gemayel. Robinhood initially launched its platform in partnership with Kalshi but, earlier this year, it teamed with Susquehanna to acquire MIAXdx, a derivatives exchange that was once upon a time owned by Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX. Have a confidential story, tip, or comment you'd like to share? Contact: WhatsApp: http://wa.me/442079977910 (+44 20 7997 7910), Telegram: @AlexMcMurray, Signal: @AlexMcMurrayEFC.88 Click here to fill in our anonymous form, or email [email protected].
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
Ryanair could pull flights to popular holiday spot over airport chaos
A go-to holiday destination for Irish sunseekers could be facing major flight changes, with Ryanair warning it may pull routes entirely if airport delays continue. Malta is among several European destinations that have recently rolled out the EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES), which introduces biometric checks for non-EU travellers. But the system is already causing headaches, with reports of long queues and passengers left waiting for extended periods after landing. In one instance, travellers were reportedly stuck on the tarmac for around 20 minutes due to congestion inside the terminal. Now, Ryanair has said it could be forced to take action. David O'Brien, a senior executive at the airline and CEO of Malta Air, warned that ongoing delays could see flights redirected elsewhere, according to reports from The Times of Malta. 'If we find ourselves with significant congestion and delay, we'd have to redirect capacity away from Malta to other destinations -- and that's not something we'd like to do,' he said. O'Brien has since contacted Byron Camilleri, urging authorities to ensure border control areas are fully staffed ahead of the busy summer season. While the airline says it hasn't yet experienced major disruption at Malta Airport, there are growing concerns about what could happen as passenger numbers ramp up. Ryanair currently accounts for a huge share of traffic to the island, carrying more than half of all passengers last year. Airport officials have already begun introducing measures to ease the pressure, including adding more immigration desks, creating a dedicated Schengen corridor, and reallocating staff to support the new system. Passengers across Europe have reported similar problems, with delays also flagged in cities like Brussels, Lisbon and Prague. The EES system, being introduced across 29 European countries, is designed to register non-EU visitors for short stays using biometric data. But its rollout has been far from smooth. In fact, Greece has already hit pause on the system altogether. British travellers are currently exempt from biometric checks at Greek border crossings, in a move aimed at reducing congestion and improving the arrival experience.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference, Sept. 28, 2011, in New York. Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
Anthropic Commits $100B to Amazon's AWS Over Next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
Tech stocks today: Apple stock falls as Wall Street sizes up new CEO John Ternus, Anthropic makes progress on Pentagon deal
Apple (AAPL) stock fell 2.7% on Tuesday following Tim Cook's surprise announcement that he will be stepping down as Apple CEO in September. Cook will be replaced by senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, but will remain at the company as executive chairman. More broadly, tech stocks wavered on Tuesday amid concerns about the stability of the ceasefire in the war in Iran. Some slight gains followed a resurgence in the artificial intelligence trade, which helped push major indexes to all-time highs last week. Marvell (MRVL) stock jumped another 2% on Tuesday after The Information reported that the company is partnering with Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) to develop a new tensor processing unit (TPU) and AI memory chip to take on Nvidia's (NVDA) GPUs. Tesla (TSLA), meanwhile, will report its first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Investors are likely to focus on the company's ongoing Robotaxi effort and its capital expenditures. Tesla's stock fell again to start the week after it ended an eight-week losing streak last week following optimism on the AI chip front.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022.
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years - WTOP News
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next... Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement announced this week by the companies, and up to another $20 billion in the future. Amazon previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic. The partnership will allow Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon's Trainium chips to train and power their artificial intelligence models. "Our custom AI silicon offers high performance at significantly lower cost for customers, which is why it's in such hot demand," said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon said AWS customers will be able to access the full Anthropic-native Claude console from within the AWS cloud platform. Earlier this year, privately-held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok. Renaissance Capital, which researches the potential for initial public offerings, counts Anthropic as third among the most valuable private firms, behind SpaceX and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $500 billion. Anthropic and Amazon have partnered since 2023 to accelerate generative AI adoption for customers to build, deploy, and scale AI applications. Amazon says 100,000 customers run Anthropic Claude models on AWS. In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. In an unusually public clash between the government and the company, President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic, accusing it of endangering national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company's products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards. Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action "never before publicly applied to an American company." Earlier this month, a federal appeals court refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues. Anthropic is not yet profitable but said in February that it's on track for sales of $14 billion over the next year. Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI employees in 2021 and released its first version of Claude in 2023, following OpenAI's ChatGPT debut in late 2022. Copyright © 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
