Google reportedly plans to invest up to $40B in AI startup Anthropic

Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic, according to the report. The deal would significantly deepen Google’s backing of one of the leading AI model developers.

A commitment of this scale would underscore how aggressively major tech companies are competing for access to frontier AI capabilities. It could also intensify scrutiny over AI partnerships as cloud providers and model labs become more financially intertwined.