Anthropic Strikes $9.1B Deal with Bitcoin Miner Riot for AI Compute Capacity

shiringhaffary · x · 2026-08-11

Anthropic has reportedly reached a $9.1 billion agreement with Bitcoin mining company Riot.

Riot recently expanded its business to sell AI data center capacity. This deal underscores Anthropic's aggressive efforts to secure enough computing power to meet the soaring demand for its Claude AI models, turning to repurposed crypto infrastructure.

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