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The JWCC, which is larger than GovCloud, was only $9b, split across three companies, over ten years. It’s peanuts compared to the investments that the hyperscal
by cobolcomesback 7mo ago
The JWCC, which is larger than GovCloud, was only $9b, split across three companies, over ten years. It’s peanuts compared to the investments that the hyperscalers have with Anthropic.
- alephnerd 7mo agoJWCC is not the only project. Vendors like Crowdstrike also rely on hyperscalers to serve their products to federal customers, and the codebase is shared. This announcement has made Anthropic toxic in the entire dependency chain because it means years of efforts and tens to hundreds of millions of dollars rearchitecting entire platforms and renegotiating contracts. The entire cybersecurity industry has a TAM of $208 BILLION [0] [0] - https://www.bccresearch.com/market-research/information-technology/cyber-security-techs-markets-report.html https://www.bccresearch.com/market-research/information-tech...
- cobolcomesback 7mo ago> because it means years of efforts and tens to hundreds of millions of dollars rearchitecting entire platforms and renegotiating contracts. This is exactly why this announcement has not made Anthropic toxic. The entire industry knows how ridiculous this move is from Hegseth, and it’s going to be rolled back next week once the adults get back from their weekend.
- Kim_Bruning 7mo agoI'm concerned there's not that many adults left, else they'd have advised Trump and Hegseth not to act this way.