Anthropic is reportedly teaming up with Samsung to develop its own custom chips, marking a strategic shift toward hardware independence in the AI race.
According to a report from The Information, the AI company had been considering producing its own chips since April to avoid supply shortages.
Now, it appears to be moving forward with Samsung as a partner.
Anthropic has not yet finalized the chip's purpose or performance targets.
The company declined to confirm the partnership but told TechCrunch that its diversified hardware stack—including chips from Google, Amazon, and Nvidia—will remain central to its compute strategy.
The move is not surprising, as many AI firms seek custom chips for specific tasks or to reduce dependence on Nvidia.
However, the timing is notable: OpenAI recently unveiled its own custom inference chip, called "Jalapeño," developed with Broadcom.
OpenAI claims the chip offers better performance-per-watt than leading general-purpose AI GPUs.
Samsung is a key player in the AI supply chain, producing chips for Nvidia and working with the company on an AI chip factory in South Korea.
Samsung also has orders from Tesla for next-generation AI chips and is in discussions with Google about chip manufacturing.
