Anthropic plans in-house custom silicon team
The Claude maker is hiring engineers to design chips for running its AI models.
Why it matters
The move would put Anthropic among AI companies seeking more control over the hardware stack that supports model training or inference. Custom silicon could affect future cost, performance and supply-chain strategy for Claude.
The key points
- 1.Anthropic confirmed plans for a custom silicon team.
- 2.Current job listings include silicon engineering and program management roles.
- 3.The chips are intended to run Anthropic's models.
Anthropic has confirmed plans to build a custom silicon team to design chips for running its models. The confirmation followed a Business Insider report on a senior engineer job listing, and Anthropic's job board currently lists silicon engineering and technical program manager roles.
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