# Anthropic assembles internal team for custom AI chip design to reduce Nvidia dependency

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> Published: 2026-08-06 20:05:55+00:00

# Anthropic assembles internal team for custom AI chip design to reduce Nvidia dependency

According to TechCrunch and Ars Technica reporting, Anthropic is building an in-house silicon design team to develop custom AI chips, joining OpenAI in efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia and improve inference performance through hardware-software co-design. The move reflects industry-wide trend toward vertical integration of chip design among frontier AI labs.

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