Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli AI startup Decart for $6 billion
The report comes days after Elon Musk denied that SpaceX was in talks to acquire the Israeli AI startup for several billion dollars
Anthropic, a leading AI company, is reportedly in talks to acquire Israeli startup Decart for $6 billion, according to Bloomberg. The potential acquisition could mark one of the largest deals involving an Israeli technology firm. However, the deal is not guaranteed, as neither Anthropic nor Decart have confirmed the talks. The news follows reports that Elon Musk's SpaceX was also interested in acquiring Decart for several billion dollars, though Musk later denied the claim.
Decart specializes in developing AI models that can generate interactive video in real time at scale, as well as proprietary technology to optimize the use of graphics processing units (GPUs). The company has raised approximately $450 million since its founding in 2019, including a $300 million round in May that valued it at $4 billion.
Decart's co-founders, Dr. Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev, are veterans of Unit 8200, Israel's elite military intelligence unit. Anthropic was established in 2021 by former OpenAI employees and has recently raised $65 billion, giving it a post-money valuation of $965 billion.
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