Anthropic signs $11.6B Akamai CPU deal, with an equity warrant attached
Anthropic is locking in seven years of CPU capacity; Akamai says the deal could expand by another $9B and estimates about $5.5B in related capital spending.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Bloomberg Technology
Why it matters
Anthropic is committing billions to CPU capacity as well as the infrastructure behind model development. The contract gives Akamai a large, long-term customer while linking part of Anthropic's potential equity stake to further purchases.
Anthropic, led by co-founder and chief executive Dario Amodei, has signed a seven-year computing agreement with Akamai worth $11.6 billion, securing CPU capacity for the AI company's growing workloads.…
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