French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meets with the CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, 17 June 2026. Photo by THIBAULT CAMUS / EPA
July 3 (Asia Today) -- Anthropic, the developer of the Claude artificial intelligence model, is in early discussions with Samsung Electronics about manufacturing a custom AI chip, according to a U.S. technology news report.
The Information reported Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the discussions, that Anthropic is considering using Samsung's 2-nanometer manufacturing process and advanced chip-packaging facilities.
The project remains at an early stage. Anthropic has not begun detailed chip design, testing or manufacturing, the report said.
Samsung's 2-nanometer process is among the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies available. Smaller manufacturing nodes can allow more transistors to be placed on a chip, potentially improving computing performance and energy efficiency.
