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Akamai, Anthropic sign $11.6 billion cloud services deal

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Akamai, Anthropic sign $11.6 billion cloud services deal

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The seven-year contract could expand by an additional $9 billion, bringing the potential total commitment to about $20 billion. Akamai shares jumped 15% in extended trading on Thursday.

Anthropic has signed an $11.6 billion cloud services agreement with Akamai Technologies , as the AI lab seeks additional computing capacity to support its growing workloads. The seven-year contract could expand by an additional $9 billion, bringing the potential total commitment to about $20 billion. Akamai shares jumped 15% in extended trading on Thursday. Akamai has also issued Anthropic a warrant that could give it up to 5% of the company's outstanding common stock, with about 2% expected to vest under the initial $11.6 billion commitment.

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