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Microsoft and Amazon are "undermining each other's foundations": Claude lands on Azure, and OpenAI enters Bedrock.
According to Beating's monitoring, the exclusive cloud alliance between the two major camps of AI models has officially disintegrated. Anthropic announced that its Claude 4.x series (including Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5) is officially available on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, running directly on NVIDIA GB300 GPU computing power; echoing this, OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 were also launched on Amazon AWS Bedrock two months ago. Cloud giants are retreating from "exclusive models" to "computing power and traffic entry points," while large models are moving towards a public utility stage of multi-cloud distribution.
AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic are offering startups large amounts of free computing power in an effort to seize market share.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on July 7th, as reported by Mars Finance, AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are offering substantial free computing power and discounts to startups to compete for enterprise customers. The report states that Silicon Valley startup founders are receiving computing credits, token usage limits, and auction-style discounts from AI model companies. Some early-stage companies have received over $3 million in cloud computing and token credits, approaching the median of seed funding in the US according to PitchBook. AI companies hope to acquire customers in the early stages of startups, making their tools an integral part of their business as these companies grow. Cursor offered a 75% discount until July 5th; Google Cloud offered up to $500,000 in cloud computing credits to some startups, along with early access to the Gemini model and, in some cases, support from DeepMind engineers. Microsoft and Amazon Web Services also offer special privileges to startups. OpenAI and Anthropic have recently been particularly focused on Y Combinator startups. In May, Sam Altman announced that OpenAI would offer $2 million in tokens to each startup participating in its accelerator program in exchange for equity. Around the same time, Anthropic increased its free token allocation to Y Combinator startups from $30,000 to $500,000, without requiring equity. OpenAI subsequently adjusted its offer, providing startups with $500,000 in free tokens, without requiring equity, and offering the option to exchange equity for an additional $1.5 million in tokens. These offers reflect the fierce competition among model providers for future large clients. Y Combinator runs four cohorts annually, with recent cohorts featuring approximately 200 companies each, meaning that OpenAI and Anthropic could potentially offer a combined $800 million in AI tokens over the next year. Christopher Acker, co-founder of SuperPenguin, stated, "The AI world is being driven by OpenAI and Anthropic because they are giving startups money to pay for usage costs."
Sources say OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are offering hefty computing power subsidies to startups to compete for enterprise clients.
According to a report by Odaily Odaily, citing sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are offering startups hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computing resources and other incentives to attract new enterprise customers. (Jinshi)
Financial AI operates outside of regulation; the UK's FCA plans to expand its jurisdiction over AI giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
According to Beating's monitoring, Sheldon Mills, Executive Director of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), warned that regulators are facing an "arms race" to keep pace with the rapid adoption of AI in the financial services industry as businesses and individuals accelerate their adoption. Mills' report on the financial impact of AI indicates that 20% of UK adults are already willing to let large models make their savings or borrowing decisions. While this service offers an experience equivalent to regulated traditional financial advice, its lack of regulatory oversight means users are unable to obtain any financial compensation when they suffer losses. The report recommends an urgent review of the risks of unregulated financial AI and an application for expanded legislative authorization to strengthen oversight of core technology providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft through a "key third party" mechanism (the UK government has not yet finalized the specific list). It also recommends collaboration to launch free public financial literacy and decision-making guidance services assisted by AI.
The US plans to release industry standards for AI models, which could restrict the businesses of companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
According to a report by the Financial Times, the US government is in talks with several AI companies to release voluntary industry standards for cutting-edge AI models as early as next week, aiming to prevent the misuse of advanced technologies by other countries. The standards will clearly define performance benchmarks, release dates, and domestic and international access permissions for these models. Due to recent tightening regulations, several leading AI companies have already adjusted their operations. OpenAI has postponed the full release of GPT-5.6 at the government's request, only making it available to a limited number of qualified partners; Anthropic's two top models were just released from export restrictions this week after nearly three weeks of restrictions; and Google is also in close communication with the government while preparing its next-generation code models. The report also mentions that both OpenAI and Anthropic, currently under regulatory scrutiny, are actively preparing for initial public offerings (IPOs).
Palantir CEO: Enterprises are dissatisfied with "cutting-edge labs" like OpenAI and Anthropic, which only pursue token maximization.
According to BlockBeats, on July 2nd, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, in an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box," strongly criticized leading AI model companies, calling the way AI is sold "completely wrong." Karp emphasized that companies are already dissatisfied with "cutting-edge labs" like OpenAI and Anthropic, believing they only pursue token maximization, wasting companies' time and money while handing over proprietary value and IP. Karp stated that companies are "angry" and will commit to owning their own AI production resources rather than relying on third parties. On June 29th, Palantir partnered with Nvidia to deploy Nvidia Nemotron open AI models in sovereign environments, primarily serving the US government and critical infrastructure customers. The collaborative system reportedly integrates Nvidia AI technology with Palantir's AIP, Foundry, Ontology, and Apollo platforms, helping organizations train, customize, and deploy AI locally while maintaining complete control over data, intellectual property, and models.