US Weapons Supplier Receives Rp 690 Trillion from Google
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has made a major move in the global artificial intelligence race. The tech giant is injecting up to US$40 billion, or approximately Rp 690 trillion, into AI startup Anthropic.
Anthropic has disclosed that Google has committed an initial US$10 billion in cash with a company valuation of US$350 billion. The massive capital injection will be used to vastly expand computing capacity.
Citing Reuters, Google is also preparing an additional US$30 billion if the creators of the Claude model meet the set performance targets.
This step comes just days after Amazon announced its readiness to invest up to US$25 billion in Anthropic. The situation highlights the fierce competition among tech giants to secure positions in the increasingly competitive AI industry.
Anthropic itself has garnered attention for its focus on developing AI models for coding needs. Its flagship product, Claude Code, is now seeing strong adoption among developers and tech companies.
This surge in demand has directly impacted the company’s business performance. Anthropic’s annual run-rate revenue has exceeded US$30 billion this month, a sharp jump from around US$9 billion at the end of 2025.
In February, Anthropic secured US$30 billion in funding with a US$380 billion valuation. Several venture capital firms are reportedly ready to value the company at up to US$800 billion.
High demand for the Claude model has led Anthropic to hunt for large-scale computing capacity. The company has signed multi-year contracts with Broadcom and CoreWeave to strengthen its cloud infrastructure.
Additionally, Anthropic has secured nearly 1 gigawatt of chip capacity from Amazon by the end of the year.
Previously, Anthropic also announced plans to invest US$50 billion in building a data centre in the United States to accelerate the training of their AI models.
On the other hand, the launch of the plugin for Anthropic’s Cowork AI agent earlier this year triggered a massive sell-off in global software stocks, as investors assessed the disruptive potential of increasingly advanced AI tools.