UK Regulators Investigate Amazon's $4 Billion Investment in AI Firm Anthropic
The Competition and Markets Authority is examining whether the deal constitutes a merger that could harm competition.
Overview
- The CMA's Phase 1 investigation will determine by October 4 if a deeper probe is needed.
- Amazon and Anthropic deny the investment poses any competition concerns.
- The CMA's scrutiny follows similar investigations into Google's and Microsoft's AI partnerships.
- Amazon's investment includes Anthropic using AWS as its primary cloud provider.
- The CMA is concerned about big tech firms potentially controlling AI startups through strategic investments.