$6 billion deal falls through! It is reported that Anthropic has abandoned the acquisition of Israeli AI startup Decart AI.

According to informed sources, artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has decided to abandon its acquisition of Israeli AI infrastructure startup Decart AI. The sources stated that Anthropic had been exploring the deal and had conducted due diligence on Decart AI but ultimately decided to withdraw from the transaction. One of the insiders indicated that the two companies may still seek other collaboration opportunities. In August, reports emerged that Anthropic was in deep negotiations to acquire Decart AI, with the deal valued at approximately $6 billion. If successful, this deal would become Anthropic's largest acquisition to date and a critical "technology enhancement" move ahead of its anticipated IPO. Anthropic rarely engages in large acquisitions but is currently making significant investments in computing power to develop new products and serve customers, while also preparing for its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). The proposed acquisition was intended to help Anthropic's existing computing infrastructure handle more demand. Decart AI was founded in 2023 in Israel by brothers Dean Leitersdorf and Orian Leitersdorf along with Moshe Shalev. The startup's core competency lies in maximizing the operational efficiency of various types of chipsits software optimizes the training and inference processes of AI models, helping developers extract more computational power from existing hardware. Decart AI also developed a so-called "world model," aimed at simulating the real world. The company's world model supports a range of commercial applications, including autonomous driving and e-commerce. Its Lucy AI model can receive a person's real-time video and use those videos to generate real-time, high-resolution visuals, making it appear as if the person is trying on a dress or a bagthis has long been a challenge for fashion e-commerce technology developers. eBay Inc., one of the investors in the company, is also a client of Decart AI. In May of this year, Decart AI announced that it had completed a $300 million funding round led by Radical Ventures, with participation from Nvidia Corp., Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Adobe Ventures. Previous investors Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Zeev Ventures also took part in this round. Reports indicate that this funding round valued Decart AI at nearly $4 billion, up from its valuation of $3.1 billion in August 2025. In July, during the Raise AI conference held in Paris, Decart AI CEO Dean Leitersdorf stated in an interview that the company trains its AI using text and millions of hours of video, enabling it to simulate the physical properties of the real world. He mentioned that Decart AI's technology is being used in live broadcasts on online platforms such as Twitch, TikTok, and YouTube, utilized by streamers like CodeMiko, while advertising companies and other businesses are also employing this technology.