The AI lab building the custom silicon team; confirmed the effort publicly, is hiring engineers and program managers, and is co-designing chips with its Claude models while maintaining relationships with existing hardware vendors.
Reported manufacturing/foundry partner in early talks with Anthropic for 2nm chip production and advanced packaging; also a strategic investor in Anthropic's $65 billion Series H round.
Existing hardware partner supplying Trainium accelerators; Anthropic runs Claude on close to one million Trainium2 processors, remaining part of the multi-chip stack.
Existing hardware and cloud partner supplying TPU capacity central to Anthropic's compute stack, including 3.5 gigawatts of additional TPU capacity coming online in 2027, remaining part of the multi-chip approach.
Existing GPU supplier to Anthropic; framed by Anthropic as remaining part of its diversified hardware stack even as the custom chip effort proceeds, with market reaction to related chip news so far muted.
Existing hardware partner with a chip deal with Anthropic reported at roughly $5 billion, part of Anthropic's diversified vendor strategy alongside the new custom silicon effort.