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Microsoft's new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure

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Microsoft's new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure

TL;DR

  • Microsoft partners with Anthropic to offer Claude AI models on Microsoft Foundry.
  • Anthropic commits to purchasing $30 billion of Azure compute capacity and up to one gigawatt.
  • Nvidia invests up to $10 billion in Anthropic and will optimize Anthropic's models on its hardware.
  • Microsoft also invests $5 billion in Anthropic.
  • The deal comes after Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their partnership, relaxing exclusivity clauses.
  • Microsoft has been increasingly integrating Anthropic's Claude models into its Copilot services.