Amazon invests another $2.75B in Anthropic — reportedly ‘largest’ in company history

Amazon finalizes its $4 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic, marking its largest venture investment to date. This partnership aims to advance generative artificial intelligence applications across organizations worldwide. Anthropic recently unveiled the Claude 3 family of large language models, surpassing rivals like OpenAI. Amazon has integrated some versions of Claude 3 into its Bedrock service on AWS, providing cloud customers with cutting-edge AI tools. The strategic collaboration with Anthropic positions Amazon to offer innovative AI solutions and enhance customer experiences. This move underscores Amazon’s commitment to stay competitive in the cloud services market, particularly against rivals like Microsoft Azure.