Anthropic in Talks to Acquire AI Startup Decart for $6 Billion
Anthropic PBC is in advanced discussions to acquire artificial intelligence startup Decart AI for approximately $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Infrastructure Bottlenecks and the Decart Acquisition Logic
The negotiations remain private and have not been finalized, meaning talks could still fall through, according to sources speaking with Bloomberg News and The Economic Times. If the agreement crosses the finish line, it will represent the largest known acquisition in Anthropic’s corporate history. The deal targets Decart’s specialized software, which reduces the cost of training artificial intelligence models by making underlying silicon chips run more efficiently.
Decart’s technology could help Anthropic’s existing infrastructure absorb heavy workloads while easing severe hardware constraints, per reporting from The Economic Times.
The integration plan involves moving Decart’s team directly into Anthropic’s inference and performance organization. Founded in 2023 by Israeli engineers Dean Leitersdorf, Orian Leitersdorf, and Moshe Shalev, Decart also specializes in generative video technology. The startup utilizes world models capable of modifying live video feeds instantly, demonstrating the high-end infrastructure engineering talent that major AI labs are racing to absorb.
Venture Capital Backing and Valuation Trajectory
Decart’s market valuation has climbed rapidly over the past year. In May, the startup announced a $300 million funding round led by Radical Ventures, with participation from Nvidia Corp., Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Adobe Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Zeev Ventures. That round valued Decart at nearly $4 billion, a substantial jump from its $3.1 billion valuation in August 2025.
Capital Raises and the Path to Wall Street
CNBC previously confirmed that Anthropic has been evaluating capital raises to support a valuation reaching up to $170 billion, led by firms such as Iconiq Capital.
Funding demands have also forced shifts in executive strategy. According to a leaked memo shared with Wired and cited by CNBC, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei adjusted his previous stance against accepting capital from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Amodei noted in the internal communication that maintaining a position at the absolute frontier of AI development has made avoiding Gulf state investment substantially harder.
OpenAI has worked with Emirati firm G42 to construct massive computing infrastructure in Abu Dhabi while pursuing a $40 billion funding round that valued the company at roughly $300 billion.