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  "id": 9691754,
  "title": "Akamai, Anthropic sign $11.6 billion cloud services deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/akamai-anthropic-sign-11-6-billion-cloud-services-deal",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T03:24:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/akamai-anthropic-sign-11-6-billion-cloud-services-deal/articleshow/134474212.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Akamai Technologies has signed a seven-year cloud services deal with Anthropic worth $11.6 billion. The agreement could expand by an additional $9 billion, bringing the potential total commitment to about $20 billion, according to the Economic Times Tech.\n\nAkamai shares surged in extended trading, with reports varying between a 15% jump, a 17% jump, a 20% jump, and a 22% jump. As part of the deal, Akamai issued a warrant that could give Anthropic a stake of up to 5% in the cloud company. The warrant gives Anthropic the right to purchase Series B shares at $111.33 each, converting into about 7.7 million shares of Akamai's common stock.\n\nAnthropic, which is IPO-bound, has been aggressively expanding its computing power and securing infrastructure needed to train and run increasingly powerful models. The company has also agreed to spend $45 billion to rent AI cloud computing power from Nscale's West Virginia data centre campus, Reuters reported.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Anthropic signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai, gets warrant for up to 5% stake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/anthropic-signs-11-6-billion-cloud-deal-with-akamai-gets-warrant-for",
        "published": "2026-09-24T20:11:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Akamai Surges on $12 Billion Anthropic AI Computing Deal | Closing Bell",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/akamai-surges-on-12-billion-anthropic-ai-computing-deal-closing-bell",
        "published": "2026-09-24T20:22:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Anthropic commits to spending $11.6B over seven years on Akamai cloud services and secures an option to take a stake of up to 5%; AKAM jumps 17%+ after hours (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/anthropic-commits-to-spending-11-6b-over-seven-years-on-akamai-cloud",
        "published": "2026-09-24T21:20:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Akamai shares jump more than 20% on $11.6B Anthropic computing deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/akamai-shares-jump-more-than-20-on-11-6b-anthropic-computing-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-24T22:46:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Anthropic signs US$11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai, gets warrant for up to 5% stake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/anthropic-signs-us-11-6-billion-cloud-deal-with-akamai-gets-warrant",
        "published": "2026-09-24T23:05:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Anthropic signs $11.6b cloud deal with Akamai",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/anthropic-signs-11-6b-cloud-deal-with-akamai",
        "published": "2026-09-25T00:16:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Akamai signs $14.8 billion cloud deal with Anthropic, grants warrant for up to 5% stake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/akamai-signs-14-8-billion-cloud-deal-with-anthropic-grants-warrant",
        "published": "2026-09-25T00:42:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}