Anthropic is a leading AI safety and research company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers. The company focuses on developing reliable and ethical AI models, with its flagship model, Claude, gaining traction as a versatile AI infrastructure solution across various industries.

Anthropic announced a new $4 billion investment from Amazon, establishing Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud and training partner. Based on this new funding, Anthropic will use AWS-developed Trainium chips to train and deploy its future foundation models. The deals between Amazon and Anthropic benefit both parties - Anthropic gets a large customer who uses its technology, which AWS resells to customers via its Amazon Bedrock solution, and gets better pricing on AWS over several years. Amazon gets access to the latest models from Anthropic.

TechFundingNews: Anthropic and Amazon deepen ties with $4B funding: What this means for AI’s future