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Competition and Markets Authority approval comes after it
started looking into the deal, part of wider global scrutiny for
the wave of investment from Big Tech companies into leading
startups working on generative AI technology.
The watchdog found that San Francisco-based Anthropic's revenue
and its combined market share with Amazon in Britain were not
big enough to require an in-depth investigation under the
country's merger rules.
“We welcome the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority decision
acknowledging its lack of jurisdiction regarding this
collaboration," Amazon said in a statement. "By investing in
Anthropic, we’re helping to spur entry and competition in
generative AI."
Under the deal, Anthropic is using Amazon Web Services as its
primary cloud provider and Amazon’s custom chips to build, train
and deploy its AI models.
The British regulator has previously cleared Microsoft's
partnership with French startup Mistral AI as well as its hiring
of key staff from another startup, Inflection AI.
The watchdog is still scrutinizing a partnership between
Anthropic and Google. Anthropic was founded in 2021 by siblings
Dario and Daniela Amodei, who previously worked at ChatGPT maker
OpenAI. The company has focused heavily on increasing the safety
and reliability of AI models.
The AI deals are also facing scrutiny across the Atlantic, where
the Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether they're
helping tech giants gain an unfair advantage in the booming
market for AI services.
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