Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture

Micron is investing in Anthropic’s Series H round and getting a multi-year deal to supply memory for Claude’s infrastructure. Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown calls memory critical to training and running Claude.

The two companies want to figure out how memory systems behave under different AI workloads and where they can squeeze out better performance and energy efficiency. Micron will supply High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), DRAM, and SSDs. Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown said memory is critical to training and running Claude. Micron already uses Claude internally for coding and to automate processes in manufacturing and engineering. The AI revolution has permanently elevated the role of memory and storage solutions from the data center to the edge.Ad Critics call deals like this problematic circular arrangements: One company invests in another, and that company turns around and buys the investor’s products. In this case, Micron puts money into Anthropic, and Anthropic buys Micron’s memory chips. Bubble risk keeps growing: Micron’s stock alone has surged more than 1,000 percent in a single year.AdDEC_D_Incontent-1 Follow The Decoder for AI news, background stories and expert analyses.