A Google, through parent company Alphabet, announced an investment of up to US$ 40 billion at Anthropic, artificial intelligence startup responsible for creating the Claude chatbot. The initiative seeks to strengthen partnerships between companies, even in a competitive scenario in this sector. As announced last Friday (24), Google will make an initial contribution of US$ 10 billion, valuing Anthropic at around US$ 350 billion.
The remainder, up to US$ 30 billion, will be invested conditionally in accordance with the achievement of performance targets established between the companies. Few days before, Amazon also reported that it may invest up to US$ 25 billion in startup, reinforcing the dispute between technology giants for space in the artificial intelligence market.
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The growing demand for Claude models has driven Anthropic's expansion, which has been signing strategic agreements to expand its computing capacity and consolidate its position in the sector. In the last month, the company's annualized revenue exceeded US$ 30 billion, significant advance compared to around US$ 9 billion recorded at the end of 2025.
In February, a startup captou US$ 30 billion in a financing round that valued it at US$ 380 billion. More recently, aiming to expand infrastructure, signed multi-year agreements with Broadcom, chip maker, e com a CoreWeave, cloud computing company. The expectation is to achieve, until the end of the year, 1 gigawatt of computing capacity using Amazon chips.
Last year, Anthropic had already announced plans to invest US$ 50 billions in the construction of data centers in the United States, sustaining the training and operation of your models. At the beginning of this year, the launch of new plug-ins for the Cowork agent expanded the reach of its solutions and generated strong repercussions in the market.
