UK competition regulator investigates Alphabet's investment in AI startup Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a formal probe into Alphabet's reported $300 million investment in the three-year-old San Francisco startup, which also received a separate $2 billion investment from Alphabet. This move comes as part of a broader effort to address "quasi-mergers" where big tech firms invest in or acquire innovative startups.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/uk-competition-regulator-to-investigate-alphabets-investment-in-anthropic/