Anthropic Commits $30 Billion to Microsoft Azure in Strategic AI Partnership With Microsoft and Nvidia
Nov 18, 2025
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced a major deal to purchase $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft Azure. This move will support the development and scaling of Anthropic's AI models, known as Claude.
The deal is part of a broader strategic partnership between Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic, aimed at advancing AI technology. Besides Anthropic's commitment, Nvidia plans to invest up to $10 billion in Anthropic, and Microsoft is set to contribute up to $5 billion.
This alliance is expected to strengthen the AI capabilities of all involved companies and reflects Microsoft's efforts to expand its partnerships in the fast-growing field of artificial intelligence.
What is Anthropic?
Anthropic is a company specializing in artificial intelligence and is known for developing the Claude AI model.
Why is Anthropic spending $30 billion with Microsoft Azure?
Anthropic is buying $30 billion worth of computing capacity from Microsoft Azure to support and scale its AI models.
Who else is involved in this partnership?
Nvidia is also part of the partnership and plans to invest up to $10 billion in Anthropic, while Microsoft will invest up to $5 billion.
What does this mean for Microsoft?
The partnership helps Microsoft strengthen its position in AI by working with companies beyond its recent collaborations with OpenAI.
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Microsoft says it is joining Nvidia in a multibillion-dollar partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic. Under this collaboration, Anthropic will scale its Claude AI model on the Nvidia-powered Microsoft Azure, the companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 18).
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