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Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure sufficient computational resources from cloud providers that increasingly view the AI company as a direct competitor, according to TechCrunch on October 20, 2026. The infrastructure challenges come as Anthropic's spending on computation balloons ahead of a planned November initial public offering, raising concerns about the company's ability to scale operations and train new AI models. The competition for cloud resources reflects a broader industry trend of cloud providers prioritizing their own AI initiatives, including Amazon and Google's efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia chips for AI workloads. These constraints could impact Anthropic's ability to develop and deploy advanced AI models competitively, particularly as it prepares for its public market debut.