Business Insider reported on the 5th (local time) that Anthropic is forming an in-house task force to develop custom semiconductors optimized for its artificial intelligence (AI) model "Claude." Following OpenAI, Anthropic is also jumping into developing its own AI chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs).
Anthropic said the same day that it is hiring engineers with broad experience across hardware and software. The plan is to co-design the AI model and semiconductors to run Claude faster and more efficiently and to meet large-scale customer demand.
This is part of Anthropic's multi-chip strategy. Anthropic currently uses AI chips and computing infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Nvidia, and AMD. However, with AI demand surging, the company is seen as deciding it cannot rely solely on external infrastructure and has moved to develop chips of its own design.
Anthropic has not disclosed details such as the development timeline, but the industry sees a possibility it could work with Samsung Electronics. The U.S. IT outlet The Information reported last month that Anthropic is considering Samsung Electronics as a partner for its in-house chip development. The outlet said, "Anthropic is reviewing production of AI chips using Samsung Electronics' 2-nanometer process."