Google has given Anthropic more funding than previously known, show new filings
Anthropic, a startup of San Francisco that is often cast as an independent player in the AI race, has deeper tires To Google than known earlier. Judicial documents recently obtained by the New York Times shows that Google has a 14% interest in the company and this year another $ 750 million will cast in through a convertible debt agreement. In total, Google’s investment in anthropic is now more than $ 3 billion.
Although they have no voting rights, management seats or direct control over the company, the support of Google raises questions about how independent anthropic is real. Because AI startups are increasingly dependent on the financing of tech giants, supervisors have examined or give these deals an unfair advantage, although the Ministry of Justice just dropped a proposal That would have forced the sale of some of those interests.
Google, which develops its own technology while he quietly finances competitors, clearly has his bets. Meanwhile, with Amazon who also seduces money to anthropically – it has approved investing to $ 8 billion So far in the outfit – it is of course to wonder what such tires mean for anthropic and other large AI startups. Are they still an outsider or are they becoming extensions of Big Tech?
Above: Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaking at Viva Technology in Paris.
