Anthropic is putting together a team to design its own custom AI chips, according to Business Insider. The Claude maker says it plans to co-design hardware and models so its technology runs faster and more efficiently. Last month, The Information reported that Anthropic was scouting Samsung as a potential partner for building such chips.

The move comes as demand for Claude rises and AI companies move quickly to lock up infrastructure. Anthropic has already signed deals with AWS, Google, Nvidia and AMD for AI computing hardware, but relying on outside suppliers may not be enough to scale.

Anthropic is not the first AI company to go this route. In June, OpenAI unveiled its Broadcom-built Jalapeño chip, designed specifically for inference workloads. Google DeepMind has long relied on Alphabet’s TPU chips, and Meta has been developing its own MTIA accelerators.

Anthropic is now seeking engineers with chip design experience for its “custom silicon team,” according to a job listing. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: TechCrunch