By Golan Hazani, Sophie Shulman
Publication Date: 2026-08-13 04:23:00
Anthropic is in talks to acquire Israeli artificial intelligence startup Decart for about $6 billion, Bloomberg and Reuters reported, confirming Calcalist’s report earlier this week that the company was in advanced discussions to be sold at a valuation of roughly $6 billion-$7 billion.
The potential deal would be the largest acquisition in Anthropic’s history and would come as the Claude developer prepares for a major public offering while racing to expand computing capacity and make its AI models faster and more efficient.
The talks are still at an early stage and could fall apart, according to Bloomberg. Reuters reported that Decart’s team could join Anthropic’s inference and performance organization if a deal is completed. An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment, while Decart did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The reports also narrow the field of potential buyers that had emerged around Decart. Calcalist reported this week that Nvidia had held advanced negotiations to acquire the company before another major technology player entered the process. Amazon, Nebius and SpaceX were among the companies identified as potential buyers.
Elon Musk, however, has now said that SpaceX will not acquire Decart. Sources involved in Decart’s negotiations had previously insisted to Calcalist that SpaceX was among the interested parties.
The Anthropic talks nevertheless confirm that Decart has attracted interest…
