Anthropic committed $11.6 billion to Akamai’s cloud
The deal runs seven years. In return, Anthropic can earn a stake of up to 5% in Akamai.
Akamai said on September 24 that Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on its cloud, mainly for CPU computing. The deal could grow to about $20 billion. Anthropic also received a warrant for up to about 5% of Akamai, which vests as its spending grows.