In the case of Amazon and Anthropic, the companies maintain that teams are writing ‘low-level kernels,’ so that parts of the system can interface directly with the Trainium processor as hardware, in the words of spokespersons, the ‘Trainium silicon.’

Anthropic has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to train its flagship generative AI models primarily on Amazon Web Services

Amazon has increased its investment in AI startup Anthropic with an additional $4bn, taking the e-commerce giant’s total investment to $8bn. With the latest funding, Amazon will remain a minority investor in the AI company.

Amazon is going to invest another $4 billion in Anthropic – the AI startup — which is biting at the heels of OpenAI and Google’s Gemini. This is the second sizeable investment the ecommerce giant has made in the San Francisco-based company.

Amazon invests an additional $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, totaling $8 billion, enhancing collaboration on generative AI services.

On Friday, Amazon announced it has invested $4 billion more into genAI startup Anthropic. This new funding round brings its total investment in the company to over $8 billion yet maintains its position as a minority investor.