The investments mark a significant realignment in the generative AI sector, where competition has intensified between ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and rivals including Anthropic, but also Google, which released its latest Gemini model on Tuesday (local time).
California-based Anthropic was launched in 2021 by former OpenAI staff and positions itself as prioritising safety in AI development. Its flagship product is the Claude chatbot and family of models.
With increasing talk among Wall Street analysts of an AI bubble, shares in Nvidia, the world’s biggest company by market capitalisation, were down as much as 3% amid a broad sell-off in the tech sectors.
Microsoft’s shares were down nearly 3.5%.
Sources told CNBC that the fresh investment valued Anthropic at US$350b, making it one of the world’s most valuable companies. OpenAI was most recently valued at US$500b.
– Agence France-Presse