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Anthropic secures $5 billion investment from Amazon in exchange for $100 billion cloud spending commitment

·2026.04.23 07:38

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Anthropic has struck a deal combining an Amazon investment with a long-term AWS spending commitment.

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Anthropic has secured an additional $5 billion investment from Amazon and agreed to spend over $100 billion on AWS over the next 10 years.

The deal includes not just a cash investment but also access to up to 5GW of new computing capacity for training and operating Claude.

Amazon's cumulative investment in Anthropic has grown to $13 billion, and the deal structure resembles Amazon's recent AI investment and infrastructure agreement with OpenAI.

The key is Amazon's custom chips.

  • Graviton: low-power CPU
  • Trainium: AI accelerator competing with Nvidia
  • Coverage: Trainium2 through Trainium4
  • Anthropic also secured capacity purchase options for chips not yet released.

The announcement is also raising the possibility of further fundraising for Anthropic, with related reports suggesting a valuation that could exceed $800 billion.

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