Anthropic's New Deal Illustrates How Big AI Will Be In 2025 - Forbes

Anthropic, an AI startup considered a significant rival to OpenAI, recently secured a reported $2 billion in fresh funding, bringing its valuation to around $60 billion. Major backers include Amazon—which is integrating Anthropic’s Claude model into its AWS offerings—along with Google and venture capital firms like Lightspeed Venture. This deal further highlights Amazon’s strategy to offer specialized AI services through Amazon Bedrock, indicating Anthropic’s important role in the tech giant’s broader AI ecosystem.

At the same time, big players in AI—Anthropic and OpenAI included—are burning through substantial capital to cover computing and cloud costs. Observers point to continued advances in hardware and multi-agent AI that could dramatically drive down the cost of running large models, potentially easing concerns about these companies’ high burn rates. The overall consensus is that as new funding flows in and computing becomes cheaper, AI will see major leaps in quality, accessibility, and real-world applications by 2025—underscoring Anthropic’s growing influence on the future of artificial intelligence.