Microsoft and Nvidia Invest $15 Billion in Anthropic, Valuing AI Startup at $350 Billion
Microsoft and Nvidia have announced strategic partnerships with AI startup Anthropic, committing a combined $15 billion investment. Microsoft will invest up to $5 billion, while Nvidia contributes up to $10 billion, catapulting Anthropic's valuation to $350 billion—nearly doubling its September valuation of $183 billion.
Anthropic has pledged to purchase $30 billion of Azure compute capacity from Microsoft, signaling deep infrastructure integration. Nvidia and Anthropic will collaborate on engineering and design to optimize Claude AI models, marking their first major technical partnership.
The deal underscores the intensifying race for AI dominance, with Microsoft maintaining parallel investments in both Anthropic and rival OpenAI. Nvidia's tweet confirms the tripartite collaboration to scale Claude AI on Microsoft Azure, powered by Nvidia's hardware.
