Amazon invests $4B in AI startup rival to OpenAI

Anthropic announced Friday that the company is receiving a $4 billion investment from Amazon to help advance the startup’s efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

The new funding brings Amazon’s total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion and maintains the tech giant’s position as a minority investor in the startup. Anthropic is a leading rival to OpenAI, the Sam Altman-led AI startup that has received about $13 billion in investment from