Anthropic abandons talks to acquire AI startup Decart for ~$6B
Anthropic has walked away from negotiations to acquire AI startup Decart for approximately $6 billion after completing due diligence, according to sources. The company had been exploring a potential deal but ultimately decided against it.
Coverage timeline
Techmeme
Bloomberg : Sources: Anthropic has walked away from talks to acquire Decart for ~$6B after performing due diligence on the startup — Anthropic PBC has decided against acquiring artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, people familiar with the matter said. — Anthropic had been exploring a deal …
Related stories
Listen Labs walks away from $1.5B Series C term sheet for Salesforce talks
AI research startup Listen Labs reportedly walked away from a signed $1.5B Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures to pursue talks with Salesforce, according to sources. The move signals a strategic pivot away from traditional venture funding toward a potential corporate partnership or acquisition.
1 reports · 1 sources
UK science adviser Clifford steps down after joining Anthropic; Anthropic researcher quits over AI safety fears
Matt Clifford has stepped down as chair of the UK government's science and tech research unit after joining Anthropic, following conflict-of-interest concerns from senior MPs. Separately, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, citing fears that tech companies are racing toward self-improving AI systems that could spiral out of human control.
2 reports · 1 sources
Anthropic discussed ~$7B acquisition of AI chip startup MatX; talks stalled, sources say
Reuters sources say Anthropic discussed acquiring AI chip startup MatX for roughly $7 billion to accelerate its internal training-chip development, but the talks are no longer active and have shifted toward a potential partnership. MatX, founded in 2023 by ex-Google TPU engineers and focused on chips for large language model training, is now seeking new capital at a valuation of about $4 billion.
2 reports · 2 sources
Broadcom in talks to raise $60B+ debt for AI chip deal benefiting Anthropic
Broadcom is negotiating with lenders to raise over $60 billion in debt for an AI chip financing deal that would benefit Anthropic and other companies, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.
News updates every hour. Subscribe in your RSS reader to get new stories automatically.
Subscribe