Elon Musk called Anthropic ‘evil’ 3 months ago. Now he’s taking $4 billion to become its data landlord
Eva Roytburg Thu, May 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM CDT 5 min read Three months ago, Elon Musk wrote on X that Anthropic was “evil,” “misanthropic,” an
Eva Roytburg Thu, May 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM CDT 5 min read Three months ago, Elon Musk wrote on X that Anthropic was “evil,” “misanthropic,” and that the AI lab hated Western civilization. On Wednesday, he leased Anthropic one of his most valuable assets: the world’s biggest supercomputer.
But Anthropic-lovers shouldn’t bask too long in Musk’s newfound praise (even if he did decide that “nobody set off my evil detector” ). The deal has little to do with them as a company, analysts told Fortune, and everything to do with an upcoming prospectus.
Original reporting: Yahoo Entertainment.
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