Anthropic reportedly signed a $1.8 billion, seven-year cloud computing deal with Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) to expand AI infrastructure for Claude amid rising demand.
Bloomberg, citing sources, reported the deal on Friday.
AI Compute Expansion Deal
On Thursday, Akamai announced its first-quarter financial results, where it stated a deal with a “leading frontier model provider” without disclosing the counterparty name.
Anthropic’s Claude platform has seen accelerating adoption for coding and enterprise automation, driving increased compute needs as competition for AI infrastructure tightens across major providers. Anthropic has also tapped Alphabet‘s Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and SpaceX to meet its infrastructure needs.
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