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title: "Anthropic in early talks with Meta to acquire compute power"
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summary: "Anthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease up to $10 billion worth of AI computing power from Meta, signaling the company's ongoing push to secure access to scarce AI chips. The discussions follow a similar compute deal Anthropic struck with Elon Musk's SpaceX and come as Meta explores entering the cloud computing business to monetize its massive AI infrastructure investments."
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# Anthropic in early talks with Meta to acquire compute power

Anthropic in early talks with Meta to acquire compute power Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Key Points Anthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease computing power from Meta. The New York Times reported that a potential deal was being discussed worth about $10 billion. The talks come weeks after Anthropic announced a similar deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to use the computing capacity at its Colossus 1 data center. In this article ANTHR.FG AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease artificial intelligence computing power from Meta , a person familiar with the matter told CNBC's Kate Rooney. Shares of the social media giant climbed off their lows of the day Friday following a report from the New York Times that a potential deal was being discussed worth about $10 billion. Meta declined to comment. The talks come weeks after Anthropic announced a similar deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to use the computing capacity at its Colossus 1 data center to improve capacity for paid subscribers. The deal talks are a sign that Anthropic, one of the leading AI labs, continues to make big commitments with other companies to gain access to AI chips made by Nvidia . Access to enough AI chips remains a challenge for firms like Anthropic, which places usage limits on its most advanced models like Fable. Read more CNBC tech news Elon Musk's Memphis AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash AMD launches Helios, its first rack AI system to rival Nvidia, adding Microsoft as newest buyer TSMC is accelerating Arizona factory build-out to capitalize on AI 'megatrend,' CFO says Leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang goes for just under $1 million at Sotheby's auction The talks also come after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May that the social media company was considering entering the cloud computing business, in an effort to show investors that the firm can make money from AI investments beyond improvements to its current business. Meta could spend as much as $145 billion on capital expenditures, including for AI infrastructure, in 2026. Dave Brown , a former longtime senior executive at Amazon Web Services, is set to join Meta, CNBC has confirmed. Last October, Zuckerberg said that companies are regularly "asking if we have compute that they could buy from us at some premium to what we've bought it at." watch now VIDEO 0:38 00:38 U.S. cyber agency reportedly uses Anthropic's Mythos to scan government code for vulnerabilities Squawk Box Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news. 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