Anthropic is reportedly in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart in a deal that could be worth around $6 billion. If completed, the acquisition would become one of Anthropic’s biggest purchases and could give the Claude maker access to technology designed to make AI systems faster and more efficient.
The talks come as demand for AI computing continues to grow rapidly. Anthropic is spending heavily on computing infrastructure to support Claude and its growing AI products, making technology that can reduce computing costs increasingly valuable.
Anthropic and Decart Are in Talks
According to Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter, Anthropic is discussing a possible acquisition of Decart AI. Bloomberg first reported the talks.
The potential deal could be worth about $6 billion, although the discussions are ongoing and the final value could change. There is also no guarantee that an acquisition will be completed.
If the deal happens, Decart would become part of Anthropic as the company continues to expand its AI technology and infrastructure.
What Does Decart Do?
Decart is an Israeli AI company focused on making AI systems work faster and with less computing power.
The company develops technology for low-latency AI, meaning AI systems can respond quickly instead of taking a long time to produce an answer.
Decart says its technology includes DOS, an optimized AI infrastructure stack designed to help AI models and agents run more efficiently. The company also develops AI models including Lucy, which focuses on real-time video, and Oasis, which focuses on physical AI and interactive environments.
This technology could be especially useful for Anthropic as the number of people and businesses using Claude continues to increase.
Why Anthropic Wants Decart
The biggest reason could be computing efficiency.
Running advanced AI models requires huge amounts of computing power.
Every time someone sends a request to an AI system, computers have to process it and generate a response. At millions or billions of requests, those computing costs become enormous.
If Decart’s technology can make AI models run faster while using fewer resources, it could help Anthropic reduce some of those costs.
That could become a major advantage as AI companies compete to serve more users.
Decart Recently Raised $300 Million
The possible acquisition is particularly interesting because Decart recently attracted a major amount of investment.
In May 2026, Decart announced a $300 million funding round led by Radical Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $450 million. The company said the investment would help expand its infrastructure technology and its work on real-time AI systems.
Decart’s investors include major names from the technology and venture-capital industry, including Nvidia, Sequoia Capital and Benchmark.
A $6 billion acquisition would therefore represent a major jump from Decart’s recent valuation.
Decart’s Technology Could Help Claude
Anthropic is best known for its Claude family of AI models.
But building powerful models is only part of the challenge.
Anthropic also needs to make Claude:
- Faster
- Cheaper to run
- More efficient
- Available to more users
- Better at handling large workloads
This is where Decart could become important.
Its technology is focused on the layer underneath AI models—the systems that help models process information and produce results efficiently.
For Anthropic, improving this part of the AI stack could be just as important as improving the models themselves.
The AI Industry Is Moving Toward Efficiency
The deal also reflects a larger change in the AI industry.
For years, much of the AI race focused on building bigger and more powerful models.
Now companies are also asking:
How can we run these models more efficiently?
This is becoming increasingly important because AI companies need enormous amounts of computing power.
Better efficiency can mean:
Lower computing costs → more AI requests → faster services → higher margins
Companies working on AI chips, inference software and computing optimization are therefore attracting increasing attention.
Decart Also Works on Real-Time AI
Decart is not only focused on infrastructure.
The company is also developing real-time AI products.
Its Lucy technology can generate and edit video in real time, while its Oasis project focuses on interactive world models for physical AI. Decart says Lucy can generate and transform video at very low latency, opening possibilities for interactive AI experiences.
These technologies could potentially give Anthropic additional capabilities beyond its core Claude products.
However, the reported acquisition appears particularly interesting because of Decart’s work on AI performance and efficiency.
Anthropic Is Preparing for Massive AI Demand
Anthropic has been raising huge amounts of money to expand its AI infrastructure.
In May, the company announced a $65 billion Series H funding round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, saying the funding would help expand computing capacity and support growing demand for Claude.
That makes an acquisition focused on computing efficiency especially significant.
Anthropic needs more computing power, but simply adding more hardware is expensive.
Technology that allows the company to get more performance from its existing infrastructure could therefore have enormous value.
Nvidia Connection Adds Another Interesting Angle
Decart is backed by Nvidia, one of the most important companies in the AI hardware industry.
That makes the possible acquisition particularly interesting because Nvidia supplies many of the chips used to run AI models.
Decart’s work sits between AI software and hardware, helping AI systems make better use of available computing resources.
If Anthropic acquires Decart, it would strengthen its control over another important part of the AI technology stack.
This Would Be a Major Acquisition for Anthropic
Anthropic has largely built its reputation around AI models, safety and enterprise AI.
Buying Decart for around $6 billion would show that the company is becoming more aggressive in acquiring technology that can strengthen its infrastructure.
It would also show how valuable AI optimization companies have become.
The AI industry is no longer only competing over who can build the smartest model.
Companies are competing over the entire stack:
AI models → chips → inference → data centers → energy → infrastructure
Decart operates in an important part of that stack.
What Happens Next?
For now, the reported acquisition remains a potential deal, not a completed transaction.
Anthropic and Decart have not publicly confirmed that a $6 billion acquisition has been completed.
If negotiations move forward, the final terms could change or the deal could fall apart.
But even the talks show how valuable AI infrastructure and optimization technology has become.
The Bigger Picture
Anthropic’s reported interest in Decart highlights one of the biggest changes happening in AI.
The industry is moving from simply building larger models to building AI systems that can operate at enormous scale without costs growing at the same speed.
For Anthropic, Decart could provide technology that helps Claude run faster and more efficiently while also bringing in a team with experience in real-time AI.
For Decart, a deal with Anthropic could give its technology access to one of the world’s leading AI platforms.
If the reported $6 billion acquisition goes ahead, it would be another major sign that the next stage of the AI race is not just about intelligence.
It is about making AI cheaper, faster and powerful enough to serve billions of requests.
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