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Anthropic Walks Away From $6 Billion Decart AI Deal

9/9/2026

Summary

Anthropic Cancels Acquisition

Anthropic walked away from a roughly $6 billion acquisition of Israeli startup Decart AI.
The decision followed completion of due-diligence, and both companies declined to comment.
The aborted deal would have been Anthropic’s largest acquisition ever.
Decart AI, valued near $4 billion, raised $450 million from investors including Nvidia and Sequoia.
Anthropic is preparing an IPO targeting mid-October marketing and a $2 trillion valuation.

Summary

Anthropic Builds Infrastructure

Anthropic avoids large acquisitions, preferring to build its own computing infrastructure.
In August 2025 Anthropic integrated most of Humanloop’s team without acquiring its assets or IP.
Anthropic is finalizing a $15 billion revolving credit facility to fund its growth plans.
Decart’s Lucy model edits live video in real time, demonstrating chip-efficiency software.
Decart’s Oasis platform creates simulated environments for training robotics and autonomous-driving systems.

History

Historical Context

Google bought the AI lab DeepMind in January 2014 for about $400 million, expanding its cloud compute capacity. The deal followed DeepMind’s 2010 founding by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman and its breakthroughs in Atari games. Anthropic’s 2025 decision to forego a $6 billion purchase and instead absorb Humanloop reflects the same talent-first, infrastructure-driven strategy that began with Google’s 2014 acquisition.

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Anthropic Cancels Acquisition

Anthropic walked away from a roughly $6 billion acquisition of Israeli startup Decart AI.
The decision followed completion of due-diligence, and both companies declined to comment.
The aborted deal would have been Anthropic’s largest acquisition ever.
Decart AI, valued near $4 billion, raised $450 million from investors including Nvidia and Sequoia.
Anthropic is preparing an IPO targeting mid-October marketing and a $2 trillion valuation.

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