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Anthropic Ends Reported $6 Billion Pursuit of Decart After Due Diligence

The reported decision removes a potential route to owning software meant to lower AI computing costs, while leaving a possible collaboration open.

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Anthropic Ends Reported $6 Billion Pursuit of Decart After Due Diligence
Anthropic Ends Reported $6 Billion Pursuit of Decart After Due Diligence

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Anthropic has reportedly walked away from a potential six-billion-dollar acquisition of Decart after taking the Israeli AI startup through due diligence. No deal was finalized, and the decision leaves Anthropic without a direct route to owning technology designed to make AI computing more efficient. Decart builds software that helps AI chips do more with the same underlying hardware. The goal is to reduce the cost of training models, as well as the compute required to run them afterward. That puts Decart in the infrastructure layer of AI, even though its products extend beyond chip optimization. They include Lucy, a live-video editing model, and Oasis, a simulation platform. The reported offer would have valued Decart at roughly six billion dollars—about 50 percent above its latest reported valuation of four billion dollars. CTech has reported that the startup raised 450 million dollars and had approximately 100 employees. Founded in 2023, it had already attracted attention from Nvidia: Decart reportedly held acquisition discussions with Nvidia before those talks stopped after Anthropic made its offer. The account comes from people familiar with the matter, and neither company has publicly confirmed it. Reuters said it could not immediately verify Bloomberg News’s report. The acquisition may be over for now, but a separate Anthropic–Decart collaboration remains possible. The key question is whether that cooperation can give Anthropic access to Decart’s chip-efficiency technology without an outright purchase.

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Anthropic has reportedly abandoned a potential acquisition of Decart after taking the Israeli AI-infrastructure startup through due diligence, leaving a deal discussed at roughly $6 billion uncompleted. Decart was last reported valued at $4 billion, had raised $450 million, and employed about 100 people. Its chip-optimization software targets lower training and inference costs, while products such as Lucy and Oasis...

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    Decart reportedly opened acquisition talks with Nvidia before Anthropic’s offer, indicating competition for the startup before Anthropic withdrew.

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    The proposed $6 billion price was 50% above Decart’s latest reported $4 billion valuation, not a completed sale.

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    Decart’s optimization technology targets AI-chip efficiency, potentially lowering both model-training and post-training compute costs.

Anthropic has decided not to pursue an acquisition of AI startup Decart after exploring a deal and conducting due diligence, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions had put a possible transaction at around $6 billion, but no acquisition was finalized.

The technology Anthropic considered buying

Decart develops software intended to help AI chips work more efficiently, reducing the cost of training AI models and running them afterward. That places the startup in the infrastructure layer of AI: the technology used to make underlying computing systems operate more efficiently.

Reuters described Decart as an AI infrastructure and optimization company. Its products include Lucy, a live-video editing model, and Oasis, a simulation platform—evidence that its work extends beyond chip optimization alone.

The reported deal in context
$6 billionPotential transaction value

The prospective acquisition was reportedly valued at around $6 billion, though the companies had not finalized a transaction.

$4 billionDecart’s latest reported valuation

CTech reported that Decart was most recently valued at $4 billion.

$450 millionCapital raised to date

CTech reported that Decart had raised $450 million to date.

A sizable target, but no completed transaction

The companies reached the due-diligence stage before Anthropic reportedly walked away. Decart, founded in 2023, employs approximately 100 people, according to CTech. The proposed price was therefore a reported value for a prospective purchase, not the price of a completed sale.

CTech reported that Decart had initially advanced acquisition discussions with Nvidia before halting that process after receiving Anthropic’s reported offer. That account describes competition for Decart before Anthropic’s later decision not to proceed.

Collaboration remains a possibility

The end of the reported acquisition pursuit may not end the relationship. One person familiar with the matter said Anthropic and Decart may still pursue other opportunities to collaborate.

Neither company publicly confirmed the account. Reuters said it could not immediately verify Bloomberg News’s report, and Anthropic and Decart did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside business hours.

Sources

  1. calcalistech.comAnthropic drops plans to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart | CTech
  2. businesstimes.com.sgAnthropic reportedly walks away from US$6 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart
  3. m.economictimes.comAnthropic acquisition: Anthropic drops pursuit of AI startup Decart valued at $6 billion - The Economic Times

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