Anthropic Inks $1.8 Billion Computing Deal With Akamai (1)

Anthropic PBC has signed a $1.8 billion computing deal with cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence software, according to people familiar with the matter.

Akamai said Thursday that it had struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a “leading frontier model provider,” but did not name the firm. The people spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public.

Anthropic declined to comment. Akamai declined to comment on the deal beyond what the company has already disclosed.

Anthropic has seen demand for its Claude software soar ...