{"id":93695,"date":"2026-07-02T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/93695\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:35:13","slug":"anthropic-takes-first-step-toward-in-house-ai-chip-talks-with-samsung-underway-says-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/93695\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic Takes First Step Toward In-House AI Chip \u2014 Talks With Samsung Underway, Says Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The creator of the Claude chatbot is exploring the development of its own AI processors to reduce infrastructure costs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic is looking into Samsung&#8217;s advanced 2-nanometer manufacturing and packaging technology.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The move follows similar custom chip efforts by competitors like OpenAI and underscores an industry-wide push by AI developers to control their own hardware supply chains.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic has reportedly begun early-stage development of its own custom artificial intelligence chip and has held preliminary discussions with Samsung Electronics to handle manufacturing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic is currently in the foundational stages of defining the processor&#8217;s specifications, power requirements, and server cluster configurations, The Information reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/newsletters\" data-ylk=\"slk:See%20what%2010M%2B%20investors%20are%20talking%20about.%20Get%20the%20Stocktwits%20Daily%20Rip%20for%20what%20retail%20is%20watching%20right%20now%2C%20free%20to%20your%20inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See what 10M+ investors are talking about. 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Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The move mirrors efforts by rivals like OpenAI to secure greater authority over the massive, expensive computing architectures required to train and run next-generation AI models.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">While the San Francisco-based startup has engaged with several chip design firms, it has not yet progressed to formal blueprinting, testing, or production, stated the report.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Several hyperscalers are planning to develop their own chips to boost computing power and lower reliance on Nvidia&#8217;s (NVDA) Blackwell chips or Google&#8217;s (GOOGL) (GOOG) Tensor chips. But surging memory costs due to bloated demand have created cost concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Samsung, along with its South Korean counterpart SK Hynix, is among the world&#8217;s top memory chipmakers.  <\/p>\n<p>        Bid For Infrastructure Control          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic&#8217;s exploration of custom hardware aligns with a broader industry trend where top-tier AI developers are moving to command their entire backend supply chains, ranging from silicon and cloud partnerships to energy sources and physical data centers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">To strengthen its chip-design capabilities, Anthropic has begun recruiting specialized engineering talent. The company recently hired Clive Chan, a key engineer from OpenAI&#8217;s dedicated silicon division, The Information reported.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In a statement, Anthropic said its existing partnerships remain foundational, noting that Amazon Web Services&#8217; Trainium chips, Google&#8217;s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and Nvidia&#8217;s graphics processors will continue to serve as core elements of its long-term computing strategy. Samsung declined to comment on the discussions.  <\/p>\n<p>        OpenAI&#8217;s Custom Chip           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Earlier in June, OpenAI unveiled its custom AI chip, developed in partnership with Broadcom (AVGO) to boost its AI infrastructure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In collaboration with Broadcom, OpenAI engineers created &#8220;Jalape\u00f1o,&#8221; a specialized chip tailored for inference. This AI process involves processing data to generate responses to user inquiries in chatbots such as ChatGPT.  <\/p>\n<p>          Anthropic Retail View         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Retail sentiment on Stocktwits was &#8216;bearish&#8217; with &#8216;high&#8217; message volumes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">While neither Anthropic nor OpenAI is listed yet, market-traded funds such as KraneShares Public-Private AI &amp; Technology ETF (AGIX), Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCX), Destiny Tech100 (DXYZ), and those run by ARK Investment Management are being increasingly used by retail investors to get exposure to these stocks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shashank Nayar has no position in any of the stocks mentioned in this article. 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