- Anthropic's first NVIDIA deployment launched at Microsoft Azure, enabling access to its Claude family of artificial intelligence models in Foundry on Azure, running on NVIDIA's GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU systems.
- This availability gives Azure customers access to Claude models for building autonomous and domain-specific AI agents, as enterprises increase investment in agentic AI applications that automate complex business tasks.
- The deployment is designed to improve inference performance and efficiency while reducing the total cost of ownership for enterprise AI workloads.
- The launch builds on a strategic partnership announced by Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic in November to expand enterprise access to Claude models through NVIDIA-accelerated computing.
- The models run on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems with Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking, enabling customers to deploy more advanced AI agents, including specialized sub-agents that can operate across different business functions.
- NVIDIA is expanding its partnership with Anthropic by integrating its software tools into the Claude ecosystem.
- The collaboration includes NVIDIA Verified Agent Skills, allowing enterprises to equip Claude agents with domain-specific capabilities using NVIDIA-accelerated computing.
- Customers can deploy Claude agents on Azure using NVIDIA’s Secure Agent Workspace Reference Design, which provides infrastructure-level controls for identity, networking, credentials, and runtime policies.
Anthropic's Claude models are now available on Microsoft Azure, marking a significant milestone as the first deployment on NVIDIA's GB300 hardware. This launch aims to enhance inference performance and efficiency for enterprise AI applications, reducing the total cost of ownership for businesses.2
The deployment allows Azure customers to build autonomous and domain-specific AI agents, responding to the growing demand for agentic AI applications that automate complex business tasks. This strategic move builds on a partnership established in November between Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic to broaden access to Claude models through NVIDIA-accelerated computing.
The Claude models operate on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems with Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking, enabling the deployment of advanced AI agents, including specialized sub-agents that can function across various business domains. NVIDIA is also enhancing its collaboration with Anthropic by integrating its software tools into the Claude ecosystem, which includes NVIDIA Verified Agent Skills for equipping Claude agents with domain-specific capabilities.57
Customers can utilize NVIDIA’s Secure Agent Workspace Reference Design on Azure, providing essential infrastructure-level controls for identity, networking, credentials, and runtime policies.
“Anthropic's Claude family of AI models is now available on Microsoft Azure, marking its first deployment on NVIDIA hardware. This launch aims to enhance performance and efficiency for enterprise AI workloads.”
