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Artificial intelligence investment window is about to open, if past tech breakthroughs are anything to go on

Australian Financial Review

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1 June 2026
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1 June 2026, 06:01 am

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In the past three technology big bang eras, the best time to invest was four to six years after creation. That’s about now for AI.

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Anthropic's reported $25 billion plan to bring its frontier large language models to Australia represents a significant shift in the global distribution of advanced AI capabilities. This movement of researchers and infrastructure highlights Australia's growing role in the frontier AI ecosystem and the potential for local oversight of highly capable systems. The expansion of a major safety-focused lab like Anthropic into the Australian market could accelerate the need for domestic governance frameworks to address the safety and catastrophic risks associated with more powerful compute and models. Such a large-scale investment underscores the rapid advancement of industrial-scale AI and its implications for sovereign tech policy.

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CompaniesChanticleerPrint articleJun 1, 2026 – 3.13pmThe biggest news in tech is that $1.3 trillion-valued Anthropic is seeking to spend $25 billion to bring its large language model to Australia, its first market outside the US.That would mean bringing artificial intelligence researchers to Australia (apparently there are 50 Aussies already working at Anthropic) and buying or building a tonne of data centre space.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreChanticleerOpinionAIVenture capitalInnovationSoftwareData centresAnthropicOpenAIFetching latest articles