“最新的投资确立了AWS作为我们的主要云服务和训练合作伙伴。”Following the financing of OpenAI, Amazon added an additional $4 billion investment in Anthropic, deepening the cooperation between Anthropic and Amazon's cloud computing department. After the news was announced, Amazon's stock rose over 0.4% in early trading on Friday but then dropped over 0.8%.
On Friday, November 22nd, Eastern Time, $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ it was announced that a decision was made to add a $4 billion investment in the AI startup company Anthropic, to further consolidate its influence in the emerging AI field. This is another important development in the cooperation between the two parties after the $4 billion investment completed earlier this year.
Despite increasing the funding, Amazon still only holds a minority stake in Anthropic. Anthropic stated:
"The latest investment establishes AWS as our primary cloud service and training partner."
Anthropic plans to use Amazon's AI chips to develop its state-of-the-art models and will continue to use AWS datacenters for some computing tasks. This collaboration also allows Anthropic to offer its Claude series chatbots in the AWS artificial intelligence model market, providing enterprise customers with more powerful AI tools.
Public information shows that Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former employees of OpenAI, and is one of the main competitors of OpenAI and its ChatGPT. Its Claude series chatbots are widely recognized for their excellent text generation capabilities from scratch.
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, major technology giants are increasing their investments in this field. In October of this year, OpenAI raised 6.6 billion USD with a valuation of 157 billion USD. According to Bloomberg, Musk's AI company xAI is also seeking financing at a valuation of 40 billion USD. At the same time, Anthropic is strengthening its industry position through collaborations with Amazon and Google.
However, these financing transactions have also raised concerns from regulatory agencies. Regulators are concerned that tech giants may use large investments and partnerships in cloud computing to dominate the artificial intelligence market. The UK competition regulator recently approved early investments in Anthropic by Amazon and Google, but the US Department of Justice is currently trying to overturn Google's partnership deal with Anthropic.
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