News broke earlier this week that artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Anthropic has reportedly committed to spend roughly $200 billion with Alphabet&#x27;s (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Cloud over five years -- a staggering figure that, if accurate, could meaningfully shift the balance in AI infrastructure spending. The Information first reported the number on Tuesday. Shares of the search giant climbed about 2% in extended trading following the report.

Alphabet's Risky Two Hundred Billion Anthropic Bet

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Anthropic committed to spending $200 billion with Google Cloud for server capacity and infrastructure. You know, to put that in perspective, if you look at the total revenue backlog for Google Cloud in the latest reporting period, it nearly doubled...

Alphabet's Risky Two Hundred Billion Anthropic Bet

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Alphabet's Risky Two Hundred Billion Anthropic Bet

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.