Amazon’s 8B Anthropic Stake Surges to 74B After 65B Series H Round
AMZN•Amazon's $8B investment in AI startup Anthropic has surged to $74B after the $65B Series H round valued the company at $965B, underpinned by compute deals with AWS and Google Cloud. Amazon has deployed over £14.5B in the UK, surpassing one-third of its £40B 2025–27 investment commitment.
1. Anthropic Stake Surges
Amazon’s $8B equity stake in AI startup Anthropic has appreciated to $74B following the company’s $65B Series H funding that valued Anthropic at $965B.
2. AWS Compute Partnerships
Under multi-cloud compute agreements, AWS hosts Anthropic’s Claude models, reinforcing AWS’s AI service offerings and positioning Amazon to capture growing enterprise demand for generative AI workloads.
3. UK Investment Milestone
By the end of 2025, Amazon invested over £14.5B in the UK, surpassing one-third of its £40B commitment for 2025–27, funding data centers, logistics hubs and technology partnerships.
