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Anthropic hires Microsoft's Azure AI chief to fix its infrastructure problems

Anthropic hires Eric Boyd to enhance infrastructure capabilities.

Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd, a senior executive from Microsoft, as its new head of infrastructure to tackle ongoing service stability issues. Boyd, who previously led Microsoft's AI Platform, will play a key role as Anthropic plans a significant investment of $50 billion in AI data centers across the US to meet surging demand for its products, including Claude Code.

Key Takeaways

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    Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion in AI data centers across the US.

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    Eric Boyd previously led Microsoft's AI Platform, crucial for deploying large language models.

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