--- title: "Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition" url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-becomes-first-ai-startup-to-join-the-frontier-carbon-removal-coalition-rrvgmnfi0 source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/anthropic-becomes-first-ai-startup-to-join-the-frontier-carbon-removal-coalition type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-06-17T18:33:43.853Z updated: 2026-06-17T18:35:17.400Z tags: ["anthropic", "climate-tech"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic has joined Frontier, the carbon removal coalition, becoming the first pure AI startup to do so. The move contributes to a new $915 million funding tranche, nearly doubling Frontier's total pledges to $1.8 billion. Frontier has so far contracted nearly $700 million across 50+ projects to remove 1.8 million tons of carbon. Anthropic's membership is notable given AI companies' recent energy-intensive expansion, though the company has yet to publish a sustainability report. Frontier is also shifting strategy toward fewer, larger bets on projects capable of removing a gigaton of CO2 annually, with new contracts running 8–10 years and requiring recipients to show a path to government support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic is isolated in every AI fight, and winning anyway](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-isolated-in-every-ai-fight-and-winning-anyway-nv1xubosu) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic invests $50 billion in American AI infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-invests-50-billion-in-american-ai-infrastructure-jxfj4amjr) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#climate-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/climate-tech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-becomes-first-ai-startup-to-join-the-frontier-carbon-removal-coalition-rrvgmnfi0)