Microsoft Corp and Nvidia Corp are committing to invest up to a combined $15 billion in Anthropic PBC, in a move that ties the AI developer closer to two of the biggest backers of its rival OpenAI. Anthropic has also committed to purchase $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, the companies said on Tuesday (November 18).

"We are increasingly going to be customers of each other — we will use Anthropic models, they will use our infrastructure, and we will go to market together," said Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella in a video posted Tuesday. " Of course, this all builds on the partnership we have with OpenAI, which remains a critical partner for Microsoft. "

Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former employees of OpenAI, has positioned its

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