Anthropic announces the launch of chatbot Claude 2 in 95 countries and regions.

Anthropic's biggest competitor to ChatGPT, Claude 2, is expanding to more regions. It now covers 95 countries.

Notably, European Union countries are still not on the list. Anthropic has not provided a reason for this. It may be related to multilingual support, data privacy, or available computing power. Anthropic states that it is working to provide support for more countries in the "coming months."

According to Anthropic, since its launch in July, Claude 2 has been used by millions of users. The startup company has not provided specific numbers. Following OpenAI's approach, Anthropic offers limited free access to the chatbot, allowing users to use it without restrictions for just $20.

Anthropic secures Amazon as an investor and strategic partner

One of Anthropic's investors is Amazon. The e-commerce giant announced a $4 billion investment in this AI startup. Amazon has acquired a minority stake in the company, which was founded in 2021 and completed a $450 million funding round in May 2023.

While not as substantial as Microsoft's commitment to OpenAI, this investment may be enough to make Amazon a significant player in the generative AI field, in addition to its AWS services.

Amazon will grant its customers priority access to Anthropic Foundation's models, including the Claude chatbot, while Anthropic will migrate most of its software to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. Additionally, the startup's AI models will be trained using Amazon's own Trainium and Inferentia AI chips.

Amazon and Anthropic have been collaborating since at least April 2023. As part of its Bedrock service, Amazon enables large enterprises to optimize language models with their own data, based on Claude. Under the new agreement, AWS customers will have earlier access to new features that customize and improve Anthropic models.

For Amazon, strengthening the partnership means gaining access to Anthropic's AI models and chatbots like Claude. In return, the startup will receive computing power and funding to further develop its AI.

Anthropic is already seeking more supporters. Google is reportedly in negotiations for another $2 billion funding round, valuing the company at $30 billion. The search giant may have strategic interests in supporting competitors to OpenAI and Microsoft, both of which have set their sights on Google's search market.