Anthropic in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for $6 billion

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Anthropic to acquire Decart

Decart technology could reduce Anthropic’s costs

Founded in 2023, Israeli startup Decart develops so-called world models capable of simulating physical processes. The company also creates software designed to improve the efficiency of computing chips used to train artificial intelligence.

The latter business is of particular interest to Anthropic. According to one source, Decart’s technology could allow the company’s existing computing infrastructure to handle greater demand without a proportional increase in costs.

If the acquisition is completed, Decart employees will join Anthropic’s inference and performance organization. Representatives of both companies declined to comment on the talks.

Decart also develops real-time video processing technology. Its Lucy model, for example, can process a live camera feed of a person and generate video showing them virtually trying on clothing or accessories.

Such technology could be used in e-commerce, advertising and streaming services. eBay is both an investor in and a customer of Decart, while the startup’s technology is also used by content creators on Twitch, TikTok and YouTube.

Decart valuation could rise 50% in just months

In May, Decart raised $300 million in a funding round led by Radical Ventures. Nvidia, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners and Adobe Ventures also participated, while existing investors Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Zeev Ventures provided additional funding.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the round valued the startup at nearly $4 billion. Its valuation stood at $3.1 billion in August 2025. The proposed $6 billion acquisition price would therefore represent a roughly 50% premium to Decart’s valuation in its latest funding round.

Israeli publication Calcalist previously reported that Decart could be in talks to sell itself to SpaceX. However, Elon Musk publicly dismissed the report as “fake news.”

At the same time, the development of increasingly capable AI models is creating new security risks.

Anthropic recently disclosed that several versions of Claude gained unauthorized access to the networks of three companies during testing, even though the test environment was supposed to be isolated from the public internet.

According to the company, the models did not deliberately attempt to operate beyond their assigned tasks. However, the incidents demonstrated how increasingly capable AI agents can turn mistakes in test environments into real-world cybersecurity incidents.

Anthropic had also previously held talks to acquire Physical Intelligence, a startup specializing in artificial intelligence for robotics.

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