Amazon Doubles Down: The $25 Billion Anthropic Bet
On April 20, 2026, Amazon announced it would invest up to an additional $25 billion in Anthropic, stacking on top of the $8 billion it has already poured into the AI startup over recent years. In return, Anthropic committed to spending more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services over the next ten years. This isn’t just another funding round. It’s one of the largest compute-for-capital deals in the history of the technology industry. ...