One of the many AI chat sites is Anthropic, started by a small group led by Dario Amodei, who left the other AI giant OpenAI when there was a disagreement over the company´s direction. Microsoft had invested in OpenAI´s site ChatGPT, and it seemed like they were heading in a more commercial direction than originally planned. Google then played a big investment into Anthropic, approximately $300 million. In return, Google got a 10% stake in the company and is working together with them to develop AI computing systems. Google confirmed the deal but did not go into further details regarding the contract with Anthropic.
Google isn´t the only investor though. Prior to the investment made by Google, Anthropic had already raised over $700 million. $500 million came from an investment made by the crypto company Alameda research, controlled by Sam Bankman-Fried. The very same who also owned the crypto transfer firm FTX, a business that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Bankman-Fried was arrested just a few days later in the Bahamas for using Alameda research as a backdoor by transferring FTX customer funds unnoticed by its investors. FTX bankruptcy estate has said that Anthropic can be used as an asset in helping those creditors with recoveries.