Anthropic is in talks to buy Israeli artificial intelligence startup Decart for about $6 Bn, according to Bloomberg. It would be the largest acquisition in Anthropic’s history.
Bloomberg first reported the talks on August 13, 2026. Reuters and Fortune confirmed them. The deal is at an early stage and could still fall through. Representatives for both companies declined to comment.
A $6 Bn price is a premium of roughly 50% over Decart’s last valuation. The startup was valued at almost $4 Bn in May 2026, after a $300 Mn round led by Radical Ventures. A year earlier, in August 2025, it was worth $3.1 Bn.
Decart is only two years old. It was founded in 2023 by three Israeli engineers: brothers Dean and Orian Leitersdorf, and Moshe Shalev. Dean Leitersdorf is the chief executive.
The company does not build a rival chatbot. It builds software that makes AI chips run more efficiently. That software cuts the cost of training and running AI models.
This is why Decart matters to Anthropic. If the deal closes, Decart’s team would join Anthropic’s inference and performance group. Inference is the running of a trained model to answer queries. It takes a growing share of the industry’s compute bill.
Decart also builds its own models. Its Lucy model edits live video in real time. Its Oasis model generates simulated worlds to train robots and self-driving systems. Oasis reached one million users within three days of launch, the company said.
Nvidia is a Decart backer. E-commerce platform eBay is both an investor and a customer. Prior investors include Sequoia Capital and Benchmark.
The timing is not accidental. Anthropic filed confidential IPO paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in early June 2026. Recent reports say the share sale could come as early as next month.
Anthropic has been spending heavily on compute. Last week it said it was hiring engineers to co-design custom chips to make its Claude models run faster and cheaper. Buying Decart applies that same plan to talent.
What this means for you: India is Claude’s second-largest market, so cheaper Anthropic compute could lower AI costs for Indian founders building on Claude.
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