Samsung and SK Hynix Invest in Anthropic, Creator of Claude AI Model
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have joined a strategic investment round in Anthropic, the AI company best known for developing the Claude language model. The investment comes as major semiconductor companies seek closer ties with leading AI developers, potentially strengthening collaboration in AI chip development and deployment.
Anthropic has been actively raising capital to compete with other major AI labs, with its Claude models gaining traction in enterprise and consumer markets. The involvement of Samsung and SK Hynix, two of South Korea's largest semiconductor firms, highlights the strategic importance of AI partnerships for the wider technology ecosystem.