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xAI provides Colossus 1 to Anthropic

·2026.05.07 02:01

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xAI is providing Colossus 1 to Anthropic to expand Claude subscription capacity.

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xAI has signed an agreement with Anthropic for the use of Colossus 1.

  • Colossus 1 is a large AI supercomputer equipped with 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Anthropic stated that it will use the additional compute to improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.
  • Both companies also mentioned the possibility of developing multi-GW-scale space AI compute in the long term.
  • xAI argued that space-based compute could be a long-term solution due to constraints on ground-based power, land, and cooling.
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