Artificial intelligence
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1 week agoGoogle plans to invest even more money into Anthropic
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, reflecting a circular deal structure in the AI industry.
In late 2025, a series of multi-billion-dollar deals in the artificial intelligence sector is causing déjà vu among industry veterans. Money, computer chips, and cloud credits are rotating in a closed loop among a handful of companies: Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Oracle, AMD, CoreWeave, xAI, and a few others. This has fueled a trillion-dollar AI boom or bubble built on intertwined investments and contracts.