Anthropic confirmed it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for its Claude AI models. The startup intends to co-design hardware and software to improve performance and efficiency amid surging demand. This strategic shift targets lower long-term infrastructure costs and reduced dependence on third-party providers.
Anthropic joins major tech players including OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and Meta in developing custom silicon for AI workloads. The company will maintain a multi-chip approach by continuing to use hardware from Nvidia, Google, and Amazon Web Services. Previous reports identified Samsung as a potential manufacturing partner for the new chips.