Amazon Invested $4 Billion in Anthropic
Amazon, one of the fiercest titans in the last tech race, was surprisingly quiet during the first months of the generative AI explosion. That all changed in September when Amazon loudly announced it would pour up to $4 billion, yes billion, into the AI startup Anthropic.
The hefty investment news came just one week after the company revealed its plans to integrate LLMs into its future Alexa home assistants. The e-commerce giant announced its new smart home speaker would come equipped with an LLM “custom-built and specifically optimized for voice interactions, and the things we know our customers love—getting real-time information, efficient smart home control, and maximizing their home entertainment.” It will also reportedly use audio collected from the device to train future AI models.
