Anthropic just withdrew, rumored that Amazon (AMZN.US) will acquire AI startup Decart for $700 million
Amazon is in talks to acquire Decart AI, with an estimated valuation of approximately $7 billion. Previously, Anthropic abandoned a planned acquisition worth around $6 billion in September.
Zhitong Finance APP has learned, according to sources, that Amazon (AMZN.US) is in talks to acquire the artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, with the deal potentially valued at around $7 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to sources, if negotiations do not fall through, the acquisition could be completed very soon.
According to PitchBook data, Decart has raised more than $400 million in venture capital funding from investors such as Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Radical Ventures, and its valuation was close to $4 billion in May.
In September this year, Anthropic decided to abandon the acquisition of Decart AI. The developer of the Claude chatbot had previously negotiated to acquire Decart for around $6 billion and had already completed due diligence on the target company.
Decart was founded in 2023 by three Israeli engineers: Dean Leitsdorf and brothers Orian Leitsdorf, along with Moshe Shalev.
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