AI & Enterprise
Anthropic in talks to buy inference chips from UK AI chip startup Fractile
Anthropic is considering adding UK AI chip startup Fractile as a new supplier of AI server chips, alongside Google, Amazon and Nvidia, The Information reported. Citing two people who spoke with Fractile executives, the report said Anthropic recently held talks to buy inference chips that could ship as soon as next year. The report said Anthropic aims to diversify suppliers and improve its negotiating leverage as annual server and chip spending is expected to reach tens of billions of dollars.