AI startup Anthropic is reportedly in talks to acquire peer Decart AI for approximately $6 billion (about NT$190 billion). If finalized, the deal would mark the largest acquisition in Anthropic’s history, coming at a time when the company is preparing for its highly anticipated IPO. Bloomberg first reported the deal on August 13, noting that the agreement has not yet been finalized and negotiations could still fall through.

Anthropic has been moving at a rapid pace on both fundraising and listing preparations this year. In February, it completed a $30 billion Series G round at a post-money valuation of $380 billion. Less than three months later, in May, it closed a $65 billion Series H round, pushing its post-money valuation to $965 billion — nearly $1 trillion. In early June, Anthropic confidentially filed its S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), paving the way for a future public listing. If this acquisition goes through, it would occur during a period when the company’s valuation and IPO preparations are both accelerating simultaneously.

Market sources indicate that Anthropic, which has historically made very few large acquisitions, has been investing heavily in compute capacity to develop new products and serve customers. According to sources, Decart’s software enables chips to operate more efficiently, thereby reducing the cost of training AI models. This technology would help Anthropic’s existing infrastructure handle greater demand. Upon completion of the deal, Decart’s team would join Anthropic’s inference and performance division. According to Forbes, FierceBiotech, and other media tallies, Anthropic has completed at least four acquisitions this year, including compiler startup Stainless and biotech startup Coefficient Bio (in a roughly $400 million stock deal), but all were far smaller than the Decart transaction — $6 billion would be more than ten times the size of any previously known deal.