The Information: Microsoft On Track to Pay Anthropic $2B+ Per Year as Copilot Chief Lamanna Pushes Claude

A profile of Microsoft EVP of Copilot Charles Lamanna reports Microsoft is on track to pay Anthropic $2B+ per year, per a source cited by The Information. Lamanna, framed as a potential Nadella successor, pushed to use Anthropic models in Copilot despite higher costs; the company is weighing Anthropic vs OpenAI output quality against margin pressure.