Cowork Versus Copilot

The AI business continues to create and shift alliances between almost every leading tech firm. Companies may be incentivized to work together to fill each other’s AI or capital needs even as they compete more fiercely for consumer or enterprise dollars.

That’s what’s happening with Microsoft and Anthropic. The two firms have recently become fast friends, with Microsoft on track to spend more than $500 million annually on Anthropic models to power its AI software, Copilot, as we reported Wednesday.