The news follows Anthropic's announcement last month of a significant milestone: AI agents that can complete complex tasks on a computer like a human. Early access to this tool was given to Amazon, and beta testers included Asana, Canva, and Notion. The partnership and investment are part of a broader trend of tech giants and startups racing to dominate the generative AI market, predicted to exceed $1 trillion in revenue within a decade.
Key takeaways:
- Amazon has announced an additional $4 billion investment in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, bringing its total investment to $8 billion.
- Anthropic, founded by ex-OpenAI research executives, is the company behind the popular Claude chatbot and AI model. Amazon Web Services will become Anthropic's primary cloud and training partner.
- Anthropic recently achieved a significant milestone with the development of AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks like a human. Amazon had early access to this tool.
- Last year, Google committed to invest $2 billion in Anthropic, after previously confirming it had taken a 10% stake in the startup alongside a large cloud contract between the two companies.