Lumen reinvents itself as the fiber network behind AI and enterprise—from Anthropic to the Yankees | Fortune

Lumen Technologies transforms into AI networking leader with Anthropic and Yankees partnerships

Lumen closed a $13 billion Anthropic deal for AI fiber and acquired Alkira for cloud networking, positioning as a trusted network for AI. The move marks telecom's reconquest of the full stack from big tech—Gartner named Lumen the enterprise WAN leader.