Key Takeaways
- Anthropic is discussing a potential $6 billion acquisition of Decart AI
- Decart was valued at nearly $4 billion in its latest funding round
- The acquisition could strengthen Anthropic’s AI infrastructure and computing efficiency
Anthropic PBC is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions, in what is being described as the Anthropic Decart acquisition. The transaction has not been finalized and could still fall through. If completed, it would become Anthropic’s largest known acquisition as the company prepares for a potential initial public offering.
Decart technology targets AI computing costs
Decart develops software designed to improve how computing chips are used when training AI models. Its technology can increase chip efficiency and reduce the cost of training AI systems, potentially helping Anthropic handle additional demand using its existing computing infrastructure.
The proposed acquisition would also expand Anthropic’s capabilities in AI performance and inference. Decart’s team is expected to join Anthropic’s inference and performance organization if the transaction is completed.
Decart also develops generative video technology based on so-called world models. These systems can modify live video feeds in real time. The company’s work across AI infrastructure and generative video has made its technology and engineering team a potential addition to Anthropic’s operations.
Anthropic has generally avoided large acquisitions but has increased spending on computing capacity as it develops AI products and supports growing customer demand. The company, along with other major AI developers, is investing heavily in data centers and advanced computing hardware.
Decart was founded in 2023 by Israeli engineers Dean Leitersdorf, Orian Leitersdorf, and Moshe Shalev. The startup has built its business around software aimed at improving AI performance and computing efficiency, expertise that is central to the Anthropic Decart acquisition.
Decart valuation rose to nearly $4 billion
Decart raised $300 million in May in a funding round led by Radical Ventures. NVIDIA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Adobe Ventures also participated in the round, alongside existing investors Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Zeev Ventures.
The funding round valued Decart at nearly $4 billion, up from a $3.1 billion valuation reported in August 2025. A potential acquisition price of $6 billion would therefore represent a significant increase over the startup’s latest reported valuation.
The discussions come as Anthropic and other AI companies face rising costs associated with computing infrastructure. OpenAI and Anthropic have each committed to spending tens of billions of dollars, with potential spending reaching hundreds of billions, on data centers and the chips needed to operate AI models.
AI companies are increasingly using hardware from multiple suppliers as they expand computing capacity. The scale of this spending has also become an important consideration as major AI companies prepare for potential public market listings.
For Anthropic, acquiring Decart could provide another route to improving computing efficiency while adding an established AI engineering team. For Decart, a $6 billion transaction would represent a major outcome less than 3 years after its founding.
The talks remain ongoing, and no final agreement has been announced by either company, though Bloomberg was first to report the Anthropic Decart acquisition discussions.
