Global tech giant Google is massively upping its investment in Anthropic, creators of Claude AI. The $2 billion investment, first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by an Anthropic spokesperson to Decrypt, will be made in two payments of $500 million and another of $1.5 billion.
This $2 billion commitment from Google is a significant step up from the $400 million the global search giant put into Anthropic in February. Last month, e-commerce titan Amazon committed to investing $4 billion in Anthropic.
A Google spokesperson declined to comment on the deal.
The hefty investment from Google is the latest move in the ongoing AI arms race between Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a partnership worth $3.2 billion with the Australian government to build data centers and provide training in artificial intelligence to Australian citizens. Like Microsoft, Google also invested in the Oceanic country to the tune of $1 billion.
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