Anthropic builds AI chip design team to co-design hardware and models

Anthropic is building a “custom silicon team” to design its own artificial intelligence chips, Business Insider reported on August 5, 2026, citing a job listing.

The maker of the Claude AI assistant plans to co-design hardware and models to make its technology faster and more efficient.

To meet soaring demand for Claude, the company has already struck deals with AWS, Google, Nvidia and AMD for computing hardware, but relying on external suppliers has not proved sufficient.

In July 2026, The Information reported that Anthropic was exploring Samsung as a potential manufacturing partner for its chips.

Other AI firms are also developing custom processors: in June 2026, OpenAI unveiled its Broadcom-built Jalapeño chip for inference workloads; Google DeepMind relies on Alphabet’s TPU chips; and Meta has been creating MTIA accelerators.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.