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Anthropic is getting closer to Amazon.
The AI startup is forming a new team to encourage AWS customers to start using its tools.
This team, which has been quietly coming together over the past few months, is designed to help Anthropic expand its global reach and speed up adoption across different markets.
Job ads suggest it’s a big deal internally.
One role will lead a team responsible for multi-billion-dollar opportunities tied to Amazon, with a direct line to senior leadership at both companies.
Amazon has already invested $8 billion into Anthropic.
It doesn’t have control over the company, but it’s playing a key role behind the scenes, supplying the chips Anthropic uses to build its models.
In return, Anthropic has made sure its AI tools work especially well on AWS, with some features only available through Amazon’s Bedrock platform.
It’s also working with AWS partners like Accenture and Palantir to make its tools easier to access.
Cloud cliques forming
Anthropic says tens of thousands of Bedrock users are already using its Claude models.
At the same time, Amazon is rolling out Anthropic’s tech in services like Alexa+, and sees it as a major driver of growth.
CEO Andy Jassy recently said Amazon’s AI revenue is growing at triple-digit rates year over year.
Anthropic is aiming high, hoping to go from $2.2 billion in revenue this year to $12 billion by 2027. Its close ties to AWS could be key to getting there.
What to know:
Anthropic is building a team to bring more AWS customers onto its AI tools.
Amazon has invested $8B and is already using Anthropic models in services like Alexa+.
Regulators are monitoring the partnership, but no action has been taken so far.
Regulators are keeping an eye on things.
Both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have reviewed Amazon’s stake in Anthropic.
So far, neither has taken action.
The CMA said the deal doesn’t meet merger thresholds, while the FTC flagged risks around competition, but stopped short of recommending changes.
Somewhere out there, regulators are side-eyeing this whole thing.