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Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
Sep 25, 2026, 2:13 PM CDT
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Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.
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The article provides no details on the specific services being purchased, why Anthropic would choose Akamai over established cloud providers, the financial terms of the equity component, or any regulatory/market impact analysis.
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