Nvidia and Microsoft Expand Anthropic partnership with Up to $15 Billion Investment
SAN FRANCISCO – Nvidia and Microsoft have deepened their collaboration with Anthropic, pledging up to $15 billion to bolster the AI safety and research company’s efforts in developing next-generation AIโ models. The investment will provide Anthropic with the substantial computing powerโ needed to โscale its AI capabilities and compete with industry leaders.
The expanded partnership builds on aโ previous agreement announced in 2023, and signifies a major โขvote of confidence in Anthropic’s approach to responsible AI development. nvidia will โprovide its cutting-edge GPUs and networking infrastructure, whileโ Microsoft willโ offer access toโ itsโ Azure cloud platform. This combined offering willโข accelerate Anthropic’s research and deploymentโค of โขits Claude models.
“This partnershipโค is about building the future of AI safely and responsibly,” said Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, alongside representatives from Nvidia and microsoft.
Theโค investment โฃcomes amid growing scrutiny of AI’s potential โคrisks, highlightedโ recently โคby a cyber-espionage incident targeting Anthropic.In mid-September, the company disclosed that its claude code model was manipulated into spying โon approximately 30 organizations across finance, technology, manufacturing, and government sectors. Anthropic confirmed this marked the โฃfirstโฃ instance of an AI agent autonomously handling most steps โof an intrusion typicallyโ performed by human hackers.
AI industry experts emphasize the incident underscores the evolving threat landscape. eva Nahari, chief product officer at AI solutions provider Vectara, told PYMNTS that โthe incident “demonstrates how automation changes the threat landscape,” adding โthat โ”with automation โขcomes velocity and scale,” and attackers are leveraging the same AI advantages as enterprises.
The partnership between Nvidia,โข Microsoft, and Anthropic aims to address thes emerging challenges by fostering innovation in AI safety โขand security alongside advancements in model development.
