Anthropic in talks to use Microsoft’s custom AI chips for inference workloads

The filing, which includes’ Elon Musk’s AI company, is the first for the major generative labs, with Anthropic and OpenAI expected to follow soon with their own IPOs.

Anthropic secures a deal with SpaceX and plans a $30B funding round. Valuation hitting $1.25T by December 31 at 82.5% YES. The post Anthropic secures SpaceX deal, plans $30B funding round amid valuation boost appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Anthropic's exploration of Microsoft's Maia chips signals a shift towards diversified AI infrastructure, intensifying cloud competition. The post Anthropic explores Azure servers with Microsoft’s Maia AI chips appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, Anthropic’s two-day event for software developers in London that kicked off on May 19, the same day as Google’s I/O in Palo Alto. (A coincidence, not a flex, Anthropic staffers assured me.) “Who here has shipped a pull request in the last week that was completely written…

The shift towards custom AI chips by major cloud providers signals a strategic move to reduce reliance on Nvidia, reshaping the AI infrastructure landscape. The post Anthropic in talks to rent Microsoft-designed AI server chips appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company's Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN. Now, with the release of SpaceX's IPO filing, we have more details about that deal, including how much Anthropic is paying to Elon Musk's company. In its S-1 filing, SpaceX said that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.25 billion per month through May 2029 for access to SpaceX's AI training centers at Colossus I and Colossus II. That's $15 billion annually, or nearly double the $18.7 billion in revenue that SpaceX reported in all of 2025. The agreement includes a clause in which either com … Read the full story at The Verge.

Anthropic's acquisition of Fractional AI intensifies the enterprise AI race, highlighting the strategic importance of talent and deployment services. The post Anthropic’s enterprise joint venture acquires Fractional AI, pulling it away from OpenAI appeared first on Crypto Briefing.