Anthropic commits $11.6 billion to Akamai for cloud CPU capacity
TechCrunch reports Anthropic agreed to pay Akamai $11.6 billion across seven years for cloud infrastructure, mostly CPUs for jobs like running code and browsing the web. In return, Akamai gave Anthropic a warrant for up to about 5% of its stock, with the deal able to grow to $20 billion.
Why it matters. Agent work such as running code and browsing the web needs ordinary CPUs as well as GPUs, and that capacity is now being bought years ahead.
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