Technology
By Bruce Buterin
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Why Would Meta Spend $10 Billion on a Competitor?. The logic isn’t absurd if you look at it coldly. Meta has the means, and investing in Anthropic…
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AI Cryptos in the Eye of the Storm. For the market of cryptocurrencies linked to AI, a deal of this size wouldn’t go unnoticed.
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Ten billion dollars. That’s the amount Anthropic is looking to raise from Meta, according to available information.
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Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening. Anthropic — the AI startup founded by former OpenAI executives — is actively discussing with Meta to secure a massive investment.
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What immediately stands out is the profile of the two players involved. Meta is developing its own AI models — the Llama series, among others — and investing billions in its…
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The logic isn’t absurd if you look at it coldly. Meta has the means, and investing in Anthropic would likely give it a window into the technological advances of a company…
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It’s the kind of move we’ve seen before in tech. Microsoft poured billions into OpenAI without absorbing the company. Google has also invested in Anthropic.
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But ten billion is another magnitude. It surpasses traditional funding rounds. And it says something about what Anthropic wants to do: not just survive in the model race, but…
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For the market of cryptocurrencies linked to AI, a deal of this size wouldn’t go unnoticed. The AI token segment — which includes projects built around decentralized artificial…
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More context: Citadel Securities Backs Crypto.com and Kraken With $600 Million at $20 Billion Each
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On the same topic: Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com, valued at $20 billion
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The idea behind this link: if major centralized players like Anthropic and Meta inject massive resources into AI, it validates the entire sector.
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It’s unclear if the effect is mechanical or lasting. But the correlation exists, and traders are watching it.
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The shortage of AI resources — chips, data, engineers — remains a real problem for the entire sector.
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Still, details are lacking. What stake would Meta obtain in exchange? Are there clauses on access to models, data, infrastructure? No one is saying anything publicly.
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