Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal
In Brief Posted: 4:39 PM PDT · October 19, 2026 Image Credits:Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas Ropek Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal A little over a month ago, Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale announced a $45 billion compute…
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In Brief Posted: 4:39 PM PDT · October 19, 2026 Image Credits:Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas Ropek Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal A little over a month ago, Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale announced a $45 billion compute deal. Now the duo may be about to do it again. Bloomberg reports that the two companies are said to be on the verge of announcing yet another $45 billion compute deal, citing people familiar with the matter. Those sources cautioned that talks are still underway and that the details could change. If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year. TechCrunch reached out to Nscale and Anthropic for more information and will update this story if we hear back. The massive amount of money being sunk into AI compute deals has spooked a certain segment of investors, who worry that companies are spending too much money for too little profit. Still, Anthropic has pressed on with such partnerships, driven by the belief that it will all pay off in the end. Both Anthropic and Nscale are also currently pursuing IPOs. Anthropic is still expected to go public this year. Nscale is also seeking to go public, although Bloomberg reported on Monday that the company is experiencing investor pushback over its proposed valuation of $30 billion. Topics AI, Anthropic, In Brief, nscale November 4 Boston Buy One Pass, Get a Second FreeCover more ground at TechCrunch’s ultimate founder bootcamp of the year by bringing your co-founder or partner for freeBook before the BOGO deal expires Register Now Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related AI Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back Rebecca Bellan 3 hours ago Enterprise Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’ Julie Bort 7 hours ago AI Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users’ AI accounts Aditya Mehta 9 hours ago Latest in AI AI Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back Rebecca Bellan 3 hours ago In Brief Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal Lucas Ropek 5 hours ago AI Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says Lucas Ropek 6 hours ago