Anthropic to buy $30 billion in Azure capacity in new deal with Microsoft, Nvidia

Microsoft on Tuesday announced new strategic partnerships with Nvidia and the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, the latest sign that the company is working to reduce its dependence on OpenAI.

As part of the agreement, Microsoft will invest $5 billion into Anthropic, while Nvidia will invest $10 billion into the startup. Anthropic has committed to purchasing $30 billion of Azure compute capacity from Microsoft and has contracted for additional compute capacity up to one gigawatt, according to a blog post.

“This is a dream come true for us,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a video on Tuesday. “You know, we’ve admired the work of Anthropic and Dario for a long time, and this is the first time we are going to deeply partner with that Anthropic to accelerate Claude.”

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