# Anthropic Reportedly in Talks to Buy Decart for About $6 Billion

Times of AI Desk · 2026-08-13 · Frontier Labs

[https://timesof.ai/2026/08/anthropic-decart-acquisition-talks](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/anthropic-decart-acquisition-talks)

> Bloomberg reported talks for Anthropic to acquire Decart for about $6B. Later Times of Israel coverage describes video and chip-efficiency technology and says talks could fail; Anthropic did not respond to its comment request.

**Correction / update, October 14, 2026:** Replaced unsupported regulatory and newsroom-absence assertions with the reporting’s explicit deal and comment limits. Later Times of Israel coverage is used as a source check.

A potential Decart acquisition would add video-model and chip-efficiency technology to Anthropic. Whether those capabilities would lower its costs remains an inference, rather than a disclosed deal result.

**Anthropic** is in **talks** to acquire **Decart AI** for about **$6 billion**, **Bloomberg** reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Decart is an **Israeli** startup working on **real-time generative video**, **world models**, and **chip-efficiency / GPU optimization**. A deal at that price would be Anthropic’s **largest known acquisition** and a roughly **50% premium** to Decart’s **nearly $4 billion** valuation after a **$300 million** May 2026 round that included **NVIDIA**. **Talks are not signed** and **could still fall through**; the cited report says Anthropic did not respond to a comment request.

## What the reporting supports

| Item | Detail | Limit |
|------|--------|--------|
| **Parties** | Anthropic PBC; Decart AI (founders **Dean Leitersdorf**, **Moshe Shalev** per Times of Israel) | Named by Bloomberg / follow-ons |
| **Price** | About **$6 billion** | “Talks,” not a signed SPA |
| **Why Decart** | Video simulation / world models; chip efficiency that could help Anthropic handle demand (Times of Israel, citing Bloomberg) | Strategic rationale is sourced, not official |
| **Prior round** | **$300 million** (May), Radical Ventures lead; NVIDIA, Atreides, Valor, Adobe Ventures; ~**$4B** valuation | Public follow-on reporting |
| **IPO context** | Bloomberg framed the talks **ahead of Anthropic’s anticipated IPO** | Not a closing condition |

This is **talks, not a close**.

## Limits

- Could still fall through; no SPA.
- The sources establish no regulatory decision or completed transaction.
- Anthropic did not respond to the cited report’s request for comment.

## Sources

- [Bloomberg: Anthropic Said in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for $6 Billion (August 13, 2026)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-ai-startup-decart-for-6-billion)
- [Fortune: Anthropic said in talks to buy startup Decart for $6 billion (August 13, 2026)](https://fortune.com/2026/08/13/anthropic-said-in-talks-to-buy-startup-decart-for-6-billion/)
- [Times of Israel: Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B (August 2026)](https://www.timesofisrael.com/anthropic-reportedly-in-talks-to-buy-israeli-founded-ai-startup-at-6b-valuation/)