Microsoft has announced a major, multi-billion dollar cloud and AI partnership with NVIDIA and Anthropic, significantly expanding its artificial intelligence ecosystem. The deal, unveiled at Microsoft's Ignite conference, marks a strategic diversification from its close ties with OpenAI and positions Microsoft's Azure as a core platform for various leading AI models. Under the agreement, Microsoft will invest up to $5 billion into AI-startup Anthropic, while NVIDIA will invest up to $10 billion. In a massive win for Microsoft's cloud division, Anthropic has committed to purchasing $30 billion in computing capacity from Azure to scale its Claude AI models. This collaboration aims to provide enterprise customers with enhanced compute power and a broader choice of AI models and applications, deepening Microsoft's infrastructure partnerships.