Google’s Anthropic AI Investment Gets Formal UK Merger Probe
- Google pledged to invest $2 billion into the AI startup
- UK antitrust agency has been scrutinizing wave of investment
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Google’s partnership with AI firm Anthropic is at risk of being derailed in the UK after the competition watchdog called for further investigation into the pact’s potential impact.
The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday it’s opening a formal phase one merger probe, in the latest sign that regulators are taking closer order of the wave of investment into startup AI firms.