Meta Reportedly in Talks to Lease AI Compute to Anthropic in Deal Worth Up to $10 Billion

Meta Platforms is reportedly in advanced talks to lease artificial-intelligence computing power to Anthropic in an arrangement that could be worth as much as $10 billion, according to a specialist industry report that surfaced in early July 2026. The deal, described as still under negotiation and not yet finalized, would mark a striking role reversal in which one of the world's largest AI model developers becomes a supplier of raw capacity and model access to a leading rival.