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Anthropic faces significant supply chain headwinds as major hyperscalers like AWS, Google, and Microsoft increasingly treat it as a competitor rather than a customer, complicating its path to an IPO despite massive infrastructure spending. The company is forced to explore third-party data center operators with limited track records while grappling with catastrophic risk liabilities that could exceed insurance limits. This strategic pivot highlights the intensifying competition for AI compute resources and the evolving liability landscape for foundational model developers.
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