Anthropic: contractual risks for Claude customers
In brief
- Anthropic received fewer computing resources than expected from its cloud providers.
- Its cloud contracts ($450 billion over 7 to 10 years) are mostly non-cancellable.
- Claude customers face service suspension risks without liability in case of a provider default.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic's draft prospectus reveals that its cloud providers, including AWS, Google and Microsoft, supplied it with fewer computing resources than requested. Anthropic's cloud contracts amount to around $450 billion over seven to ten years, mostly non-cancellable. Claude's commercial terms allow Anthropic to suspend the service if a provider defaults, without liability to the customer and with a cap of twelve months' billing, as seen with the Fable 5 outage in June.
What it changes for you
- CybersecurityCompanies using Claude must assess the risks of service suspension linked to Anthropic's cloud dependencies.
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