The company, valued at $18.4 billion, has attracted significant investment, including a $2.75 billion investment from Amazon in March, taking Amazon's total investment in the firm to $4 billion. However, this has raised concerns among regulators about potential impacts on the company's independence and competition. Both Amazon and Microsoft deny that their investments and partnerships with AI firms constitute mergers.
Key takeaways:
- Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Amazon, is launching its generative AI assistant Claude in Europe, available to individuals and businesses through the web and an iPhone app.
- A paid subscription-based version of Claude, called Claude Pro, will be available to users who want access to all its models, including Claude 3 Opus, Anthropic's most advanced offering.
- Anthropic's Claude assistant is highly fluent in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other European languages and is already available for free on both web and mobile in the U.K.
- Amazon's investment into Anthropic has raised concerns among some regulators, who worry it could lessen the company's independence and potentially lessen competition.