On November 22, 2024, Anthropic announced an expansion of their previously announced collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), deepening their partnership to develop and deploy advanced AI systems. This expanded partnership includes a new $4 billion investment from Amazon and establishes AWS as their primary cloud and training partner. This will bring Amazon's total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion, while maintaining their position as a minority investor. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Anthropic in the commercial aspects of the transaction.

Together with AWS, Anthropic is laying the technological foundation—from silicon to software—that will power the next generation of AI research and development. By combining Anthropic’s expertise in frontier AI systems with AWS’s world-class infrastructure, the partnership is building a secure, enterprise-ready platform that gives organizations of all sizes access to the forefront of AI technology.

The Wilson Sonsini team was led by technology transactions attorneys Scott McKinney, Barath Chari, Shivang Patel, Stefan Geirhofer, and Brittany Von Rueden​.

For more information, please see Anthropic’s press release.