Google’s Backstops Underpin $35 Billion Chip Deal for Anthropic

Google’s Backstops Underpin  Billion Chip Deal for Anthropic

By Scott CarpenterAaron Weinman
Publication Date: 2026-06-09 18:26:00

Google was one of Anthropic PBC’s earliest investors, repeatedly buying equity in the artificial intelligence firm. Now it’s increasingly backstopping the financing that underpins data centers for the startup, underscoring the complex business ties among the handful of largest tech companies pouring money into AI.