Anthropic Opens Custom Chip Talks With Samsung, Targeting Nvidia's Grip

Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions with Samsung to design a custom AI accelerator on a 2nm process, the clearest sign yet that frontier labs want to own their hardware destiny.

Anthropic is in early talks with Samsung to develop a custom AI chip, according to reports circulating this week from @v_shakthi, who noted the effort targets a "2nm process for better efficiency." The move would put Anthropic on the same path Google, Amazon, and OpenAI have all explored: designing silicon tuned specifically to their own workloads rather than renting general-purpose GPUs.

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