xAI signs a deal giving Anthropic access to Colossus 1
Signed a deal giving Anthropic access to Colossus 1. Colossus 1 has more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs
Why it matters
A structural shift to renting compute to a rival lab. Also the latest primary source for the number of GPUs actually running in Colossus 1. Amount and term not disclosed
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
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