Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

Amazon has invested $5 billion in AI startup Anthropic. In return, Anthropic has committed to spending $100 billion on Amazon Web Services. This deal strengthens Amazon's position in the AI cloud market and supports Anthropic's growth.

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PublishedTuesday, April 21, 2026 at 1:10 AMApr 21, 01:10 AM

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Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.

Anthropic announced on Monday that Amazon has agreed to invest a fresh $5 billion, bringing Amazon’s total investment in the company to $13 billion. Anthropic, for its part, has agreed to spend over $100 billion on AWS over the next 10 years, obtaining up to 5 GW of new computing capacity to train and run Claude.

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Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

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