Anthropic pays SpaceX $15B/year for Colossus compute
anthropic agreed to pay spacex $1.25 billion per month through may 2029 for access to elon musk's colossus ai training centers.
anthropic secured massive compute capacity by agreeing to pay spacex $1.25 billion monthly for colossus i and ii, totaling $15 billion a year. this figure exceeds spacex's entire 2025 revenue, highlighting the premium on ai infrastructure. the contract includes a 90-day termination clause, reducing fees during the initial ramp-up. spacex has pivoted heavily toward ai, spending $12.7 billion on ai capex in 2025 while its ai division posted a $6.3 billion operating loss.