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Up to $10 billion annually is what Meta Platforms could spend on Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology, the New York Times reported. The potential commitment is under consideration, per the report.
At that run-rate, the annual figure moves the reported relationship into capital-commitment territory more commonly associated with large-scale infrastructure than with software licensing.
The figure is a per-year number, not a cumulative total. That framing carries weight: it implies a recurring outlay, one that compounds over whatever term is eventually attached to any agreement.
The run-rate read At $10 billion a year, AI technology begins to behave like a production input rather than a research expenditure.
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