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Anthropic considers developing its own AI chip, discusses partnership with Samsung Electronics
Anthropic has started early-stage work to develop its own AI chip and is discussing a manufacturing partnership with Samsung Electronics, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. Two sources said Anthropic is considering Samsung’s 2-nanometre manufacturing process and advanced packaging facilities. The company is still defining the chip’s role, performance targets and deployment. It has begun hiring and recently recruited Clive Chan, an early member of OpenAI’s in-house chip team.
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AI power shift begins, from models to semiconductors, from GPU buying to chip design
The centre of gravity in the AI race is shifting from model development to securing semiconductors, Zero2Launch venture partner Alvin Foo (푸) wrote on X. He said Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are pouring billions of dollars into in-house AI chips because custom designs can cut AI infrastructure costs by 30 to 40 percent versus buying GPUs. As inference workloads rise, Foo said winners will control the full stack, from chips and data centres to cloud infrastructure and enterprise workflows.
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Twelve Labs raises $100 million in additional funding, expands AWS alliance
Video-understanding AI foundation model developer Twelve Labs said on Tuesday it raised $100 million in Series B funding to pursue general intelligence beyond basic video understanding. The round was co-led by NEA and Naver Ventures, with participation from Amazon, Radical Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, Index Ventures, Kadriyu Capital and Red Bull Ventures. Twelve Labs said its total funding has surpassed $207 million and it will deepen cooperation with Amazon Web Services.
