Market2026-08-27

Meta's internal planning this year projected spending as much as $10 billion a year on Anthropic's AI tools, according to reporting by The New York Times based on five people familiar with the matter. The relationship had not been reported before, and it sits alongside public criticism of Anthropic by Mark Zuckerberg in a long essay published this month. Neither company has confirmed the figure.

What changed

The commercial relationship between Meta and Anthropic had not been reported publicly.

  • up to $10B projected annual spend
  • $65B Anthropic 2026 revenue projection
  • 5 sources cited

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