Anthropic inks multibillion-dollar deal with Google for AI chips

Core Insights - Anthropic has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Google to enhance its computing power for its chatbot, Claude [1][2] - The agreement will provide Anthropic access to up to 1 million of Google's AI computer chips, valued at tens of billions of dollars, and is expected to bring over a gigawatt of capacity online by 2026 [2] Company Overview - Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI leaders, recently raised $13 billion in investments, valuing the company at $183 billion [4] - The AI assistant Claude competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT and is targeted at business customers for coding and other tasks [4] Technology and Infrastructure - Google's specialized AI chips are known as Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), which will be utilized by Anthropic alongside chips from Nvidia and Amazon's cloud computing division [3]