{"id":96506,"date":"2026-04-25T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/?p=96506"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:00:14","slug":"google-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/google-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet&#8217;s subsidiary, Google, is set to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, deepening its partnership with the AI startup, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/google-plans-invest-up-40-billion-anthropic-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-24\/\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the parties remain direct competitors in the artificial intelligence sector, the agency noted.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic will receive $10 billion from Google at a valuation of $350 billion to significantly expand its computing capabilities. An additional $30 billion is contingent upon the Claude models achieving performance targets.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Amazon announced investments of up to $25 billion in the startup. In February, the AI company raised $30 billion in a new funding round and received several offers from venture firms, valuing Anthropic at $800 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The popularity of the programming-focused tool Claude Code has contributed to the startup&#8217;s improved financials. In April, Anthropic&#8217;s annual revenue exceeded $30 billion, compared to approximately $9 billion at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI as a Challenge for Crypto Startups<\/h2>\n<p>The rapid growth of AI startups has led to a sharp increase in venture investors&#8217; expectations for new projects. This has made it significantly more difficult for crypto entrepreneurs to attract capital, said Paul Brody, CEO of Nightfall Networks, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/deals\/ai-boom-leaves-crypto-vc-fundraising-in-the-dust-founders-warn\/\">DL News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;What was once considered high performance at the early stage\u2014around $2 million in revenue in the first year\u2014is no longer sufficient. Now investors expect around $4 million,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, Brody saw reason for optimism in the &#8220;overcrowded&#8221; AI market. Some venture firms are already questioning whether they have overcommitted to this sector. This prompts them to consider diversifying their portfolios, the expert noted.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Search of Computing Power<\/h2>\n<p>The high demand for the Claude family of models has prompted Anthropic to secure several major deals for additional computing power.<\/p>\n<p>The company has signed multi-year contracts with chipmaker Broadcom and cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave. By the end of the current year, Anthropic plans to secure access to 1 GW through Amazon chips.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2025, the startup <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/anthropic-to-invest-50-billion-in-u-s-ai-infrastructure\">announced <\/a>a $50 billion plan to build specialized data centers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, Anthropic&#8217;s shares <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/anthropic-attracts-2-billion-from-investors-as-openai-loses-appeal\">became the most sought-after<\/a> on the secondary market, while shares of rival OpenAI lost appeal to buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet&#8217;s subsidiary, Google, is set to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, deepening its partnership with the AI startup, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Google to invest up to $40 billion in AI startup Anthropic, deepening partnership.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1434,438,738,1133],"class_list":["post-96506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-google","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"4","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Google to invest up to $40 billion in AI startup Anthropic, deepening partnership.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96508,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96506\/revisions\/96508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}