--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "49d0e557a617dc1597e3e232e87ad54c7412ef648db96f8e2ae65f5fc57a1b3e" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/49d0e557?lang=en" title: "Anthropic Pledges Up to $84.5B for SpaceX Compute Doubling Previous Forecast" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-29T17:40:23.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["anthropic","funding"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/anthropic-pledges-up-to-845b-for-spacex-compute-doubling-previous-foreca-84705069","https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-pledges-up-to-845b-for-spacex-compute-doubling-previous-foreca-84705069"] summary: "SpaceX has expanded its technical resources agreement with the AI developer Anthropic to include services through 2029. The total potential cost of these NVIDIA-based resources is $84.5 billion, which nearly doubles the $45 billion in potential spending SpaceX had disclosed previously. These updated terms extend an agreement reached in May that required monthly payments of $1.25 billion for a period of 3 years. Most of the arrangements can be terminated with a 90 day notice, meaning the full payout is not guaranteed. The deal suggests a shift in priorities for Elon Musk's company, with some observers arguing that selling raw computing power is now more profitable than the firm's pursuit of artificial superintelligence." --- # Anthropic Pledges Up to $84\.5B for SpaceX Compute Doubling Previous Forecast > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-29T17:40:23.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** anthropic, funding ## Summary SpaceX has expanded its technical resources agreement with the AI developer Anthropic to include services through 2029\. The total potential cost of these NVIDIA\-based resources is $84\.5 billion, which nearly doubles the $45 billion in potential spending SpaceX had disclosed previously\. These updated terms extend an agreement reached in May that required monthly payments of $1\.25 billion for a period of 3 years\. Most of the arrangements can be terminated with a 90 day notice, meaning the full payout is not guaranteed\. The deal suggests a shift in priorities for Elon Musk's company, with some observers arguing that selling raw computing power is now more profitable than the firm's pursuit of artificial superintelligence\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()