AMD is committing up to $5 billion to Anthropic

AMD says it will invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping expand the AI ​​company’s computing power, according to Announcement on Wednesday. As part of the new partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker’s new rack-scale Helios system, it was reported. earlier before The Wall Street Journal.

The two companies plan to deploy their first gigawatts in the first half of 2027, based on recent data center deals reached by Anthropic. With SpaceX and Terawolf. Anthropic has also signed AI infrastructure deals With Google, Broadcomand Amazonwith Rumors suggest That she could come to an agreement with Mita as well.

AMD and Anthropic will also launch a “multi-year engineering collaboration,” where AMD will use Anthropic’s Claude in software development, engineering, and product development. “By partnering with AMD across the portfolio, we are securing and optimizing the capacity we need to train and serve CLOUD,” Tom Brown, Anthropic co-founder and chief computing officer, says in the press release.