Anthropic partners with SpaceX for compute capacity
anthropic partnered with spacex to use its starlink-gpu network, doubling claude code's rate limits to meet surging demand. this deal ends a public feud between elon musk and the ai startup. spacex gains a major customer while advancing its plans to build data centers in space.
Anthropic has partnered with SpaceX to utilize its Starlink network and associated GPU compute resources. This deal follows a previous history of public criticism from Elon Musk, who labeled the company "evil" and "misanthropic." As part of the agreement, Anthropic will double the rate limits for its Claude Code coding agent, addressing capacity constraints for users. The partnership signals SpaceX's aggressive entry into the AI infrastructure market, leveraging its satellite constellation to provide compute power and exploring data center operations in orbit.