CMA to consider whether deal with AI startup is a potential merger, which could prompt full investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a preliminary investigation into a partnership between Google and Anthropic, marking the latest in a string of investigations into deals between big tech companies and AI startups.
Google invested $2bn into Anthropic in 2023, shortly after signing a cloud computing agreement with the startup, which develops the Claude LLM and chatbot.
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