Amazon invests $25B in Anthropic

Amazon's expanded deal includes an initial $5 billion investment, with an additional $20 billion tied to specific performance milestones.

As part of the agreement, Anthropic will spend over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure over the next decade, utilizing custom Trainium and Inferentia chips.

This move aims to secure Amazon's position as the primary cloud provider for high-end generative AI models.

The partnership directly challenges the alliance between Microsoft and OpenAI as the race for artificial general intelligence accelerates.