Anthropic wants its own chips. The company behind Claude is in early discussions with Samsung to design a custom AI processor, a move that would put it in the same lane as OpenAI, Meta, and Google, all of which have pursued their own silicon strategies in recent years.
Anthropic’s revenue climbed above $30 billion in 2026, up from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025.
What Anthropic is actually building, and what it isn’t
To be clear about what’s happening here: no chip exists yet. There is no dedicated design team, no finalized architecture, and no production agreement with Samsung.
What Anthropic has done is open a conversation with Samsung about leveraging the company’s 2-nanometer manufacturing process for a potential custom chip. The specifics, including what the chip would actually do and which Claude workloads it would target, remain undecided.
