Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic

Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic by kshacker on Friday April 24, 2026 @04:52PM (#47895639)

That was precisely my thought on seeing the news. I did not know about Google's existing entanglements with anthropic, but it seemed like a clear message - Do not panic on the money, do the work.

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Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic by nubg on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:48PM (#47897199)

"Do not panic on the money, do the work." - sorry what do you mean by that?

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Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic by kshacker on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:28PM (#47897443)

If you look at their recent actions, they all seem financial as if they have become the monopoly already and can do anything. Maybe it is driven by fear of going bankrupt

Example. Them doing a AB test where they remove Claude CLI from the 20$ pro plan ... they rolled it back now. Other rate limits where they publicly double your quota at NON peak times but lower it during peak quietly. These are tacky and signs of panic.

One such issue is experimentation. But when you see back to back issues, it looks odd.

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Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic by cmrdporcupine on Saturday April 25, 2026 @09:05AM (#47901249)

To me it seems clear a long time ago that senior leadership at Anthropic are getting high on their own supply.

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