Anthropic Inks $1.8 Billion Computing Deal With Akamai
Anthropic PBC has signed a $1.8 billion computing deal with cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence software, according to people familiar with…
This article dates from May 9, 2026 and is preserved as first published.
Anthropic PBC has signed a $1.8 billion computing deal with cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence software, according to people familiar with the matter.
Akamai said Thursday that it had struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a “leading frontier model provider,” but did not name the firm. The people spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public.
Anthropic declined to comment. Akamai declined to comment on the deal beyond what the company has already disclosed.
Anthropic has seen demand for its Claude software soar in recent months as more customers flock to use its tools to streamline the process of coding and other tasks. In addition to Akamai, Anthropic has also tapped Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Elon Musk’s SpaceX for chips and cloud services.
Akamai said Thursday that it had struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a “leading frontier model provider,” but did not name the firm.
At a conference after the SpaceX deal was announced this week, Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said his company is “working as quickly as possible” to secure more computing resources after experiencing “80x growth” in annualized revenue and usage in the first quarter of this year.
Akamai generates the vast majority of sales from its content delivery and cybersecurity services. But the company, in search of more growth opportunities, has been increasingly expanding into the computing space. The contract with Anthropic represents the largest deal in Akamai’s history.
