🇺🇸Anthropic abandoned a roughly $7 billion acquisition discussion with MatX; the AI-chip startup seeks financing near a $4 billion valuation.

Anthropic reportedly discussed acquiring AI-chip startup MatX for approximately $7 billion but subsequently abandoned the acquisition plan. The available reporting characterizes this as a discontinued discussion, not a signed or completed transaction.

The acquisition discussions later developed into talks about a possible partnership. Sources said the purpose of the discussions was to accelerate Anthropic’s work on custom AI hardware, but no binding partnership agreement or commercial terms were disclosed.

MatX is separately seeking a new financing round at a valuation of approximately $4 billion, according to people cited by the reports. That figure is a reported fundraising target rather than a closed financing valuation.