Investors worried about circular financing in the world of artificial intelligence got some more fodder this week, as Nvidia and Microsoft said they would invest in Anthropic, which plans to purchase chips from Nvidia and cloud capacity from Microsoft.

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In the deal announced Tuesday, Nvidia and Microsoft will invest up to $10 billion and as much as $5 billion, respectively, in AI developer Anthropic ( ANTH.PVT ). Anthropic will buy $30 billion of compute capacity from Microsoft Azure, and Anthropic and Nvidia will collaborate on design and engineering, the companies said.

Microsoft and Nvidia are planning to invest up to $15 billion in total in Anthropic, in the latest AI-driven tie-up that also includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use Microsoft's cloud services.