Google-backed Anthropic raises $100 mln from South Korea's SK Telecom

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South Korea's largest telco SK Telecom said it will invest $100 million in U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic to strengthen its telecommunications-driven AI business.

The logo of SK Telecom is pictured at the GSMA's 2023 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photosaid it will invest $100 million in U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic to strengthen its telecommunications-driven AI business.

Anthropic, a startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, is among the most well-funded AI firms, having raised $450 million from investors including Alphabet Inc'sSK Telecom, which also made a smaller investment in May, said on Sunday that the two companies plan to jointly develop a global telecommunications-oriented multilingual large language model and build an AI platform.Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI executives in 2021.

In July, SK Telecom agreed with Deutsche Telekom, e& and Singapore Telecommunications to form an alliance to jointly develop telecommunications-driven AI businesses.

 

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