Oct 21 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic is in talks with

Google to secure additional computing power valued in the high

tens of billions of dollars, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday,

citing people familiar with the matter.

The deal, which has not been finalized yet, includes

Alphabet's Google providing cloud computing services

to Anthropic, according to the report.

Alphabet's stock gained 2.3% in trading after the bell.

Google declined to comment, while Anthropic did not

immediately respond to a request for comment.

Anthropic, which counts Google and Amazon.com ( AMZN ) as

its major investors, is the creator of the Claude chatbot and

competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT for AI dominance.

Anthropic is projecting to more than double and potentially

nearly triple its annualized revenue run rate next year, fueled

by the rapid adoption of its enterprise products, Reuters had

exclusively reported last week.

The company is on track to meet an internal goal of $9

billion in annual revenue run rate - a calculation of annual

revenue extrapolated from the current sales pace - by the end of

2025.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Anil

D'Silva)