Anthropic in talks to acquire Decart for $6B to boost inference and world models
Once_ina_Lifetime · reddit · 2026-08-17
Anthropic is reportedly in talks to acquire Decart for roughly $6 billion, a 50% premium over its $4B valuation from May. The strategic rationale centers on Decart's optimization stack for AI hardware (Nvidia, TPU, Trainium, AMD) which could meaningfully improve inference efficiency. Additionally, Decart's Oasis project demonstrated real-time environment generation at 20 FPS, offering Anthropic a path into video, robotics, and physical world understanding. This fits Anthropic's recent acquisition pattern (Bun, Vercept, Coefficient Bio, Stainless) of building infrastructure and specialized capabilities.
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