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Anthropic Seeks Founder Voting Control Ahead of IPO, Signs $11.6B Akamai Compute Deal as Amodei Heads to White House
Matched: OpenAI
Anthropic is pursuing founder voting control ahead of an IPO, with CEO Dario Amodei and six co-founders seeking special shares giving them 51% of votes while retaining no extra economic rights. The company, valued at up to $1.5 trillion on secondary markets, also signed an $11.6 billion compute deal with Akamai — its largest ever contract — which includes warrants allowing Anthropic to acquire roughly 5% of Akamai. Amodei is also set to meet President Trump privately at the White House amid tensions over AI safety policy.
Anthropic Faces Scrutiny Over Account Security and Internal Warnings on AI Risk
Matched: Claude, OpenAI
Anthropic faces two controversies: account security breaches affecting paying Claude users, whose sessions were hijacked via infostealer malware to drain token allowances, and stark internal warnings about AI risk. Safety researcher Evan Hubinger estimated a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade. His comments, alongside a former researcher criticizing both Anthropic and OpenAI over safety practices, prompted calls for an international AI treaty and drew concern from UN adviser Dame Wendy Hall.
Anthropic Signs $45B Compute Deal With British Infrastructure Firm Nscale
Matched: OpenAI
Anthropic has signed a $45 billion, six-year compute deal with British AI infrastructure firm Nscale, which will supply capacity built on Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips from a West Virginia data center, with services expected to begin in late 2027. The agreement is part of Anthropic's aggressive recent expansion, which has also included deals with Volta, AMD, SpaceX, Amazon, Google, and Broadcom over the past eight months.