Amazon plans to invest up to $4 billion in AI start-up Anthropic, initially investing $1.25 billion for a minority stake.
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Anthropic'sfrontier model
Anthropic aims to develop a "frontier model" called "Claude-Next," backed by major tech companies and investors.
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Utilizing AWS chips
The start-up will utilize Amazon's AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips for building, training, and deploying its foundation models.
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AWS-driven collaboration
Amazon will use AWS as its primary cloud provider for mission-critical workloads in collaboration with Anthropic.
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Enhanced customer experiences
The partnership will enhance customer experiences through AI and Amazon's new managed service, Amazon Bedrock.
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Global AWS access
Anthropic commits to providing AWS customers worldwide access to future foundation models via Amazon Bedrock and early access to unique customization features.