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Aug 13 2026

Anthropic is in talks to buy Decart AI for about $6B, its largest acquisition on record, ahead of an expected October IPO.

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Decart raised $300M in May at a $4B ; $6B is roughly a 50% premium three months later. The stated rationale is compute efficiency, helping Anthropic's existing infrastructure absorb demand, not the company's generative-video line. Nothing signed as of report.

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