According to BlockBeats, on August 9, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the launch of an investigation into Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic and its exclusive agreement. The core of the investigation is whether Amazon's minority stake and exclusivity constitute an anti-competitive partnership. The first phase of the investigation will begin on August 9, and the CMA will announce on October 4 whether to conduct a more in-depth second phase of the investigation.
According to BlockBeats, Amazon has previously invested $2.75 billion to support Anthropic, whose Foundation model and chatbot Claude compete with OpenAI and ChatGPT. The two companies announced an initial investment of $1.25 billion in September 2023, and Amazon plans to invest up to $4 billion.
