Market2026-08-05

Anthropic confirmed on August 5, 2026 that it is assembling an in-house "custom silicon team" to design its own AI chips, saying it plans to co-design hardware and models so its systems run faster and more efficiently. Business Insider reported the move first; Anthropic subsequently confirmed it to TechCrunch, and job listings seek engineers with chip design experience. The Information reported in July 2026 that Anthropic had been scouting Samsung as a potential manufacturing partner. Anthropic already has compute deals with AWS, Google, Nvidia, and AMD. The step follows OpenAI's Broadcom-built Jalapeu00f1o inference chip unveiled in June 2026, Google's TPUs, and Meta's MTIA accelerators.

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