Eleven Point Six Billion Dollars and a Five Percent Warrant: Why Anthropic Is Buying CPUs From Akamai, September 27, 2026

DX Today | No-Hype Podcast & News About AI & DX · Sep 27, 2026 · 12:51

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Anthropic has committed 11.6 billion dollars over seven years to Akamai for CPU cloud capacity, with an option to add 9 billion more and a warrant for up to 5 percent of Akamai's stock. Rick and Laura unpack why AI agents are driving a surge in demand for ordinary processors, how the equity warrant flips the usual buyer and supplier relationship, and what Wall Street and business leaders should take from it.

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