AMD Signs Multi-Billion AI Chip Deal With Anthropic
Anthropic says it will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's MI450 chips starting in 2027, while AMD says it may invest as much as $5 billion in the AI company.
Entities: AMD, Anthropic, Instinct MI450
AMD and Anthropic said Wednesday that they have struck a major AI infrastructure deal: according to CNBC's report on the announcement, AMD will invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while Anthropic will deploy 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs in AMD Helios rack-scale systems. Reuters, via Yahoo Finance, reported that Anthropic will buy up to 2 gigawatts of MI450 chips starting in the first half of 2027, in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars.
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WSJ: "Advanced Micro Devices and Anthropic have signed a deal for tens of billions of dollars’ worth of artificial-intelligence servers, strengthening AMD’s competitive position against industry leader Nvidia and supplying Anthropic with much needed computing power. Under the terms of the agreement, Anthropic will purchase up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s latest-generation chips, called the Instinct MI450, starting in the first half of 2027. AMD will also invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic—its first check into the AI firm—as certain deployment milestones are met."
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AMD and Anthropic have signed a 2-gigawatt chip deal worth tens of billions of dollars. And AMD will invest up to $5 billion in the AI lab. Via WSJ Anthropic will begin deploying AMD’s latest MI450 accelerators in the first half of 2027. It will buy chips for its own data centers and lease additional capacity through cloud providers and neoclouds. AMD’s investment is tied to deployment milestones. The company is also reportedly discussing a financial backstop for Anthropic’s future data-center leases. The capacity is urgently needed: surging demand has forced Anthropic to limit usage, while some customers have reported frequent outages. Lisa Su: “You actually have to plan, you know, 12, 18, 24 months in advance for what you want.” This is very important for us. More computing power means that, in the long term, Anthropic's biggest bottleneck will be gradually resolved.
AMD HAS JUST ANNOUNCED AN ANTHROPIC DEAL WHERE THEY ARE INVESTING UP TO 5 BILLION IN EXCHANGE FOR ANTHROPIC BUYING 2 GW OF AMD MI455 UALOE72 AND FUTURE GPUS. 🚨 This is similar to what we said about Anthropic three days ago.
ANTHROPIC WILL BE AN AMD CUSTOMER, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC GITHUB OF AMD’S SENIOR DIRECTOR OF AI 🚨🚨 We explain the GitHub code and nuances below👇️ 1/4🧵