Bloomberg Reports Anthropic Abruptly Scrapped $6B Decart AI Acquisition Ahead of IPO

Anthropic is reportedly abandoning its $6B to $7B acquisition of Israeli computing optimization startup Decart AI, according to Bloomberg. Neither company has officially commented on the termination, but the collapse allegedly clears the way for Anthropic's initial public offering in late September or early October. Decart’s DOS engine claims to boost chip computing efficiency by up to 8 times, technology Anthropic originally sought to reduce massive token inference expenses for its Claude models. The reported split allows Anthropic to dodge severe antitrust scrutiny and valuation disputes, though a post-IPO acquisition remains a possible backup plan.