Anthropic to spend over $100bn over a decade on Amazon’s cloud tech

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Amazon said on Monday that Anthropic will spend more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on its cloud technologies, deepening its relationship as the AI startup rushes to secure capacity to bolster its models.Amazon will also invest $5 ​billion in Anthropic now, and an additional $20 billion in the future, subject ​to certain commercial milestones. This ​is in addition to the $8 billion Amazon ‌has ⁠previously invested in the company.Anthropic is aiming to pull ahead in the AI race with a slew of model releases focused on coding and design, while Amazon seeks customers for its custom silicon chips built for artificial intelligence training and inference.Amazon ​shares rose around ​2.5% in extended trading.