Anthropic CEO says 80-fold growth in first quarter explains 'difficulties with compute'

Anthropic's CEO reported that the company experienced 80-fold growth in revenue and usage during the first quarter, far exceeding their planned 10-fold growth, which has created severe strain on their computing infrastructure. To address the shortage, Anthropic signed a deal with SpaceX to access over 300 megawatts of computing capacity from the Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, and is working to increase capacity through other agreements including a multibillion-dollar deal with Amazon.