The artificial intelligence sector has reached a critical juncture where securing vast computing infrastructure is now essential. A new US regulatory filing published on Wednesday reveals that Anthropic has committed to paying a direct rival an eye‑watering sum for long‑term cloud access.
The agreement mandates that Anthropic pay SpaceX £980 million ($1.25 billion) every month until May 2029. This equates to £11.8 billion ($15 billion) annually and underscores how compute access has become a defining bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence.
