After OpenAI And Perplexity, AI Startup Anthropic May Secure Another Massive Investment — Amazon Reportedly Considers Major Funding
After OpenAI And Perplexity, AI Startup Anthropic May Secure Another Massive Investment — Amazon Reportedly Considers Major Funding
However, Anthropic reportedly prefers to use Amazon servers powered by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly contemplating its second multi-billion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, which leverages its cloud services for training.
亞馬遜公司（納斯達克：AMZN）據報道正在考慮對人工智能初創企業Anthropic進行第二次數十億美元的投資，該企業利用其雲服務進行訓練。
What Happened: Following its initial $4 billion investment last year, the e-commerce giant is now planning investment in the startup co-founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei, reported The Information, citing a person familiar with the discussion.
最近發生的事情：繼去年最初的40億投資之後，這家電子商務巨頭現在計劃投資由前OpenAI高管達里奧和丹尼拉·阿莫迪共同創立的初創公司，據《The Information》報道，引述知情人士談話。
The Andy Jassy-led company has reportedly asked Anthropic to use a significant number of servers powered by chips developed by the cloud computing giant.
由Andy Jassy領導的公司據稱已要求Anthropic使用由雲計算巨頭開發的大量服務器。
However, Anthropic reportedly prefers to use Amazon servers powered by Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) designed AI chips.
然而，據報道，Anthropic更傾向於使用由亞馬遜提供、由英偉達（NASDAQ:NVDA）設計的AI芯片驅動的服務器。
Last year, Anthropic also secured a $500 million investment from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), which pledged to invest an additional $1.5 billion over time.
去年，Anthropic還獲得了Alphabet Inc.（NASDAQ:GOOG）（NASDAQ:GOOGL）的50000萬美元投資，後者承諾隨着時間增長再投資15億美元。
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Why It Matters: Amazon's initial $4 billion investment in Anthropic faced scrutiny from U.K. regulators over anti-competitive concerns.
爲什麼重要：亞馬遜對Anthropic最初的40億美元投資引起了英國監管機構對反競爭擔憂的審查。
Last month, U.K. antitrust officials also launched an investigation into whether Alphabet Inc.'s investment in AI startup Anthropic could stifle competition.
上個月，英國反壟斷官員還展開了對Alphabet Inc.對人工智能初創公司Anthropic的投資是否會扼殺競爭的調查。
Meanwhile, AI startups have been attracting significant investments. OpenAI's valuation soared to $157 billion following a funding round.
與此同時，人工智能創業公司一直吸引着大量投資。OpenAI在一輪融資後估值飆升至1570億美元。
Perplexity, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also reportedly saw its valuation triple to $9 billion in its fourth funding round.
Perplexity，由亞馬遜創始人傑夫·貝索斯支持，據報道在其第四輪融資中，估值也翻了三倍，達到90億美元。
Price Action: Amazon shares closed Thursday's session up 1.48% at $210.16. In after-hours trading, the tech giant's shares rose slightly further, reaching $210.27 at the time of writing, according to Benzinga Pro data.
股價走勢：亞馬遜股價週四收盤上漲1.48%，報210.16美元。在盤後交易中，這家科技巨頭的股價稍稍上漲，截至撰寫本文時達到210.27美元，根據Benzinga Pro數據。
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