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Anthropic signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai, pushing its compute spending past $500 billion in under a year

Anthropic secures an $11.6 billion, seven‑year cloud partnership with Akamai, boosting its compute spend beyond $500 billion in just 11 months. The deal includes a warrant for up to 5 percent of Akamai shares, underscoring Anthropic’s aggressive scaling strategy. CEO Dario Amodei warns that revenue shortfalls could threaten the company’s survival, highlighting the high stakes of such massive cloud commitments.

The Decoder·Sep 25, 2026

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