Google invests up to 6.4 trillion yen in rival AI company Anthropic.

Google, the provider of the AI assistant Gemini , is reportedly planning to invest up to $40 billion (approximately 6.4 trillion yen) in Anthropic, a competitor developing the AI assistant Claude .

Google to invest up to $40 billion in AI rival Anthropic | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/google-plans-invest-up-40-billion-anthropic-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-24/

Google Plans to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/google-plans-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic

According to information obtained by Reuters from Anthropic, Anthropic will receive up to $40 billion in investment from Google's parent company, Alphabet. Anthropic will initially receive $10 billion (approximately 1.6 trillion yen) in investment, which will be used to significantly expand its computing power. If Anthropic meets its performance targets, Alphabet will then invest an additional $30 billion (approximately 4.8 trillion yen).

Alphabet's investment in Anthropic came a few days after Amazon announced it would invest up to $25 billion (approximately 4 trillion yen) in Anthropic.

Anthropic announces investment of over $100 billion to secure Amazon's AI chips, and Amazon also invests up to $25 billion in Anthropic - GIGAZINE

Reuters described Anthropic as follows: 'Anthropic has made a name for itself in the highly competitive AI industry by shifting the focus of AI model training to the coding domain. Anthropic's Claude Code has gained strong support among developers.'

Anthropic's annualized revenue has exceeded $30 billion, a significant increase from approximately $9 billion (approximately 1.4 trillion yen) at the end of 2025.

Furthermore, Anthropic successfully secured $30 billion in funding in February 2026, bringing its company valuation to $380 billion (approximately 60.6 trillion yen).

AI company Anthropic successfully raises 4.6 trillion yen in funding; Claude Code is performing well and revenue is increasing more than 10 times annually - GIGAZINE

Investor interest in Anthropic is very high, and according to reports, it has received investment proposals of up to $800 billion (approximately 127 trillion yen) from various venture capital firms.

In response to strong demand for its Claude family of processors, Anthropic has signed several major contracts to secure additional computing power. In April 2026, it signed a large-scale contract with Google and semiconductor giant Broadcom to secure Google's AI-focused processor, the 'TPU.' It has also signed a multi-year contract with AI cloud computing company CoreWeave.

Anthropic, the developer of Claude, has signed a contract with Google and Broadcom to deploy Google's TPUs on a large scale - GIGAZINE

Furthermore, Anthropic had announced plans to invest $50 billion (approximately 8 trillion yen) in building data centers in the United States by 2025 to secure the infrastructure necessary for training and deploying AI models.