Anthropic dropped its $6 billion deal for a chip efficiency startup.
Bloomberg reported that Anthropic has walked away from buying the Israeli startup Decart. Decart builds software that squeezes more work out of the AI chips a company already owns. Anthropic ran its checks, decided against the purchase, and left the door open to a partnership.
Why it mattersAnthropic has spent the year buying compute rather than rivals, and Decart promised more room on its chips. Walking away suggests that shortcut looked worse up close than on paper.
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