Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic via cash and compute as Claude demand and AI infrastructure needs accelerate. The move further entrenches Google's two-track strategy — first-party Gemini plus a heavy stake in the leading independent frontier lab.
Snapshot — April 25, 2026
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- Tencent and Alibaba are in advanced negotiations to invest in DeepSeek's first external funding round since the Hangzhou startup's founding by quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer in 2023.
- Both companies are simultaneously placing bulk Huawei Ascend chip orders to prepare for DeepSeek V4 inference infrastructure.