Microsoft announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic that will make the startup’s Claude AI models available through Microsoft Foundry on Azure. As part of the deal, Anthropic will purchase a large amount of Azure compute capacity and may contract additional capacity up to one gigawatt. Nvidia is also joining the partnership to optimize the models for its future hardware, while both companies commit significant investments. The agreement follows recent changes to Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI and signals a broader push to integrate diverse generative‑AI technologies across Microsoft’s cloud and productivity services. Read more →