September 25, 2026
Anthropic locks in CPUs for 7 years: Akamai will receive $11.6 billion

On Sep 18, Anthropic committed to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years from service launch. Akamai will provide compute capacity and support for CPU workloads. Akamai's warrant could give Anthropic up to 5% of the company's shares.
