Amazon is investing another $4 billion in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company that rivals OpenAI and is led by several of its former employees, the company announced Friday. The $4 billion investment brings Amazon’s total stake in Anthropic to $8 billion, as it battles other major tech giants like Microsoft in the budding AI sector.
As part of the new deal, Amazon said in a blog post that Anthropic would use Amazon Web Services as its “primary training partner.” The deepening relationship between the two companies comes a few months after Reuters reported Anthropic’s Claude chatbot will serve as the backbone to Amazon’s Alexa update, which is expected to release in 2025.