Anthropic blowing $9 billion on a computing deal is the corporate equivalent of buying a gold-plated treadmill to train for a race that hasn't been invented yet.
Anthropic signs $9 billion deal for AI computing power
Anthropic has entered a $9 billion agreement with Riot Platforms to secure massive high-performance computing capacity for its AI models. This deal underscores the escalating and astronomical capital expenditure required to stay in the generative AI race, as firms pivot from mere software development to hoarding massive, specialized data center infrastructure.
Source: Anthropic signs $9 billion deal for AI computing power — Bloomberg
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