SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
… An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the figures to WIRED. …
… An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the figures to WIRED. …
In a letter directed to investors published on Tuesday, the ex-staffers highlighted what they describe as “unpriced risks” related to xAI that could complicate SpaceX’s reported plans to raise up to $75 billion as part of its IPO. …
… Last month, environmental protesters demonstrated at a nearby SpaceX investor gathering ahead of the IPO. Anthropic plans to use its newfound computing power to “directly improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers,” both companies said. …
… Disney was reportedly blindsided by the decision, and the company said it no longer plans to invest. There’s an open question around what OpenAI’s era of focus means for its research teams. OpenAI is competing with Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta for a small pool of top-tier talent. …
… Anthropic claims it was the first AI lab to support SB 315 and is grateful to the lawmakers who introduced it. …
… In the last year, OpenAI has faced increasing pressure from competitors, including Anthropic in coding domains and Google in consumer chatbots. OpenAI leaders are hoping to simplify product offerings ahead of its plan to file for an IPO, which could happen later this year. …
… SpaceX is leasing access to some of the servers at the Colossus data centers for $15 billion annually to Anthropic, the AI startup that develops the Claude chatbot. Musk said on Wednesday that SpaceX plans to sign additional deals. …
The stakes are especially high for OpenAI’s corporate future, as a bad outcome in this case could negatively impact its plans to file for an IPO later this year. The ChatGPT-maker is racing against Anthropic and Musk’s SpaceX which now owns a rival AI lab, xAI to go public. …
… OpenAI recently discontinued Sora, its social media app for AI videos, and scrapped plans for an erotic version of ChatGPT. …
… I think everyone is racing to hit the IPO market, whether it's OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, and SpaceX is out the door first. So a lot going on here. Leah Feiger: And Musk is betting that SpaceX will be valued at nearly two trillion, which would be the largest IPO in history. …