Overview
- Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis made an early, previously undisclosed investment in Anthropic.
- Anthropic competes with Google’s Gemini models yet relies on Google as a major partner, with reports of a new $10 billion investment plan that could rise to $40 billion based on performance.
- Reporting also says Anthropic agreed to spend about $200 billion over five years on Google Cloud infrastructure, reflecting deep technical dependence despite direct competition.
- Separate coverage notes a large reported agreement worth about $25 billion with Amazon, showing Anthropic’s push to secure compute and funding from multiple tech giants.
- Hassabis has backed other ventures from former DeepMind colleagues, while data cited in coverage says startups founded by DeepMind alumni since 2021 have raised at least $14 billion, and one outlet has floated a $900 billion Anthropic valuation that remains only reported.