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Anthropic planned a $7bn takeover of chip startup MatX, then walked away

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Anthropic got far enough into a plan to buy the AI chip startup MatX to have a number attached to it, roughly $7bn, before the deal stopped moving. Reuters reported the talks on Thursday, citing people familiar with them, and said the discussions have since evolved into a conversation about a partn…

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  1. 2026-08-28 09:53 · The Next Web
    Anthropic planned a $7bn takeover of chip startup MatX, then walked away

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