Anthropic moves to design custom AI silicon

The shift follows reports that the company has been scouting Samsung as a potential manufacturing partner. While Anthropic maintains existing infrastructure agreements with AWS, Google, Nvidia, and AMD, current supply chains are proving insufficient to meet the company's aggressive growth targets. New job listings confirm the firm is actively recruiting engineers for a dedicated custom silicon division.

This move mirrors a broader industry trend toward vertical integration. OpenAI recently unveiled its Jalapeño chip developed with Broadcom, while Google continues to leverage its internal TPU program and Meta pushes forward with its MTIA accelerators. Anthropic remains silent regarding specific timelines or production milestones for its custom hardware initiative.