Anthropic Negotiates Its Largest Acquisition Yet

Anthropic is in talks to acquire Decart AI, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup, for approximately $6 billion, according to Bloomberg News reporting confirmed on August 13, 2026 by outlets including Fortune, Qz, Citybiz, Finextra and Haaretz. If completed, the deal would be the largest acquisition ever made by the company behind Claude, surpassing any prior purchase by the company.

What Decart Does: Real-Time Video and World Models

Decart focuses its work on AI models that go beyond text generation, centering on real-time video and simulated environments. Its Lucy model lets users edit live video in real time, while its Oasis model generates simulated environments designed to train and test robotics and autonomous driving systems, according to the company's own description as cited by Fortune.

A Valuation That Nearly Doubled in Three Months

Decart had raised $300 million in a round led by Radical Ventures in May 2026, with Nvidia joining as a new investor, valuing the company at nearly $4 billion at the time. A potential $6 billion sale would represent a significant valuation jump in just three months, according to Bloomberg's reporting.

Why Anthropic Wants Decart's Technology

According to sources cited by the press, Anthropic is reportedly eyeing Decart to strengthen areas such as AI inference and computational performance efficiency, as well as to gain in-house capability in generative video and world models, territory still underexplored by the company compared to rivals like Google and OpenAI, which already have more mature video generation products.

The Deal Is Not Yet Finalized

It is worth noting that the talks, according to Bloomberg itself, have not yet resulted in a definitive agreement, and the discussions could still fall through. Neither Anthropic nor Decart had publicly confirmed the terms as of this report's publication, keeping the transaction in the realm of ongoing negotiation rather than a done deal.

Why It Matters for Brazilian Agencies and SMBs

If the acquisition moves forward, Anthropic would start competing more directly in AI video generation, an increasingly relevant category for marketing agencies producing video content for social media and ad campaigns. A future integration of Decart's real-time video technology into the Claude ecosystem would expand the audiovisual content production tools available to Brazilian agencies, but for now the development remains an ongoing negotiation, with no confirmed product or launch timeline.