Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for Around $7 Billion, WSJ Reports
- On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, citing people familiar with the matter.
- Founded in 2023 by Israeli engineers Dean, Orian Leitersdorf, and Moshe Shalev, Decart specializes in real-time AI, developing the Lucy model for video editing and Oasis for robotics simulation.
- A $300 million funding round in May led by Radical Ventures valued Decart at nearly $4 billion, with Nvidia joining as a new investor.
- Anthropic previously explored acquiring Decart for about $6 billion in August, but the maker of The Claude decided against the purchase after due diligence in September.
- The purchase could wrap up soon if negotiations do not collapse, though Amazon and Decart have not commented on the reports, leaving the deal's outcome uncertain.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the US-Tech group Amazon plans to acquire the start-up Decart. The company is developing tools for live video editing and training environments for robotics with NVIDIA.
Amazon and Decart, Israel's startup, already have a commercial relationship, having been advanced in May that Amazon went on to integrate the Decart customer base, at a time when the startup expanded its AI infrastructure business.
The American Amazon Corporation is negotiating the purchase of a startup in artificial intelligence Decart, a transaction that could amount to about $7 billion. The transaction can take place in the near future, with the successful conclusion of the discussions and the absence of other purchase applicants, and transmits TASS with reference to The Wall Street Journal. Decart's software makes it easier for developers to switch between different ch…
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