Anthropic Signs $11.6 Billion Cloud Infrastructure Deal with Akamai

Key Facts

1Anthropic will pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years for cloud infrastructure services.

2The deal includes a potential expansion of up to an additional $9 billion, bringing the total potential commitment to $20 billion.

3Akamai issued warrants to Anthropic for up to approximately 5% of its common stock tied to the partnership's expansion.

Anthropic will pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years for cloud infrastructure services, Reuters reported. The deal includes a potential expansion of up to an additional $9 billion, bringing the total potential commitment to $20 billion to support the growth of the AI firm's CPU workloads at scale.

Akamai issued warrants to Anthropic for up to approximately 5% of its common stock, a move tied to the successful expansion of the partnership. The strategic agreement aims to secure long-term AI infrastructure capacity as Anthropic continues to scale its technical operations.