According to news from the Bloomberg terminal, tech giant Google plans to pump additional funds into AI unicorn Anthropic. Initially, Google committed to investing $10 billion in cash into Anthropic, and if certain targets are hit, the total investment could skyrocket to $40 billion.

Google plans to invest in Anthropic

Additionally, Google will provide Anthropic with at least 5 GW (gigawatts) of computational resources to support their R&D. If this deal goes through, it will become one of the largest AI corporate investments in history, showing that Google is looking to solidify its dominance in the generative AI market through a deep alliance with Anthropic.

*GOOGLE TO INVEST UP TO $30B MORE IN ANTHROPIC IF TARGETS HIT *GOOGLE INITIALLY COMMITS TO INVEST $10B IN CASH IN ANTHROPIC *GOOGLE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 5 GW OF COMPUTING TO ANTHROPIC *GOOGLE PLANS TO INVEST UP TO $40 BILLION IN ANTHROPIC

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 24, 2026

Anthropic reached an agreement with Amazon this week.

According to Zombit’s previous reports, besides collaborating with Google, Anthropic also struck a new deal with Amazon earlier this week.

Reportedly, Anthropic has committed to investing over $100 billion in Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next decade to secure up to 5 gigawatts (GW) of additional computing power. At the same time, Amazon is also ramping up its investment by $5 billion, with plans to inject another $20 billion in the future. This deep alliance aims to support the infrastructure demands arising from Claude's explosive growth and solidify both parties' strategic positions in the generative AI market.

Ensuring an 'unbeatable' business strategy.

Many might be scratching their heads: since Google has Gemini and Amazon has Olympus, why drop billions investing in competitor Anthropic? There’s some sharp business strategy at play here:

First, there's 'monetizing computing power.' A significant portion of these investments will flow back to Google Cloud or AWS in the form of cloud fees, essentially investing while locking in long-term revenue.

Next is 'risk hedging.' The variables in AI development are huge, betting on Anthropic could prevent their own model from getting wrecked in the market, ensuring they still hold a competitive edge.

Finally, it's about 'computing power positioning.' As the AI competition shifts to power and data centers, the giants are tying up computing resources through investment, pulling potential rivals into their infrastructure and turning them into customers dependent on their services.

In simple terms, the collaboration between Google, Amazon, and Anthropic is really about securing an unbeatable position in the AI game.

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