Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

April 25, 2026

TL;DR

Google is investing at least $10 billion in Anthropic, potentially up to $40 billion based on performance.
This follows Amazon's recent $5 billion initial investment in Anthropic.
Both investments value Anthropic at $350 billion.
Anthropic has experienced rapid growth due to its Claude models, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, and controversies surrounding OpenAI.
High demand has led to outages, prompting Anthropic to test solutions like peak hour limits.
Google and Amazon are providing AI training chips and cloud compute capacity to help Anthropic scale.
This investment strategy allows established companies to invest in AI startups and benefit from their future use of the investor's products and services.
Google has previously invested in Anthropic despite being a competitor in AI models.

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