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		emidoots on Feb 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS will offer HF’s products to its customers and ... Google invested over $400mm in Anthropic; not sure how people missed this. That's >10% stake in an OpenAI competitor and a clear bet on something.

Latour on Feb 22, 2023 [–]

Additionally, for those not in the know, Anthropic was founded by some pretty senior ex-OpenAI folks, presumably carrying over a lot of the same culture and technology. It's as close to a copy-cat investment as one could get.

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