Anthropic Strikes $35 Billion Cloud Deal as Nvidia Deepens AI Infrastructure Role
What's happening
Anthropic agreed to a $35 billion cloud deal as Nvidia deepens its role in AI infrastructure, while Nvidia is expanding its political influence by forming a PAC and projecting massive sales tied to AI demand. Reports name Nvidia forming a PAC to bolster influence on chips and AI policy in Washington, and coverage notes Nvidia still dominates AI chips even as Google, Amazon and OpenAI build their own. Additional headlines mention Amazon tripling down on Nvidia's AI chips and Nvidia projecting $673 billion in sales as AI demand widens.
Why it's trending
Big dollar contracts and Nvidia's growing political and commercial moves are corralling cloud, chip buyers and policy around its platform now.
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If Anthropic just signed a $35 billion cloud deal, the real winner may be Nvidia, not the cloud vendor, and here's why.
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- NVIDIA's Strategy to Dominate AI Infrastructure Amid Custom Chip ThreatsGuruFocusSep 2
- NVIDIA just bought the place where most AI models live. ChatGPT started showing ads in Europe. And companies are canceling software contracts because AI builds it cheaper. Pick which one worries you most.
Been thinking about this all week and I keep landing on the same uncomfortable place. Hugging Face is where you go when you want AI without strings attached. Open weights, no vendor, no lock-in. That was kind of the whole point. NVIDIA reportedly just agreed to buy it for $12.9 billion. The company that manufactures the chips that run every major AI system now owns the platform where developers go
r/artificialAug 31 - Nvidia Insists It Can Keep Printing Money to Fund the AI BoomHackerNewsAug 28
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