Business Insider reports that Anthropic has confirmed it’s designing in-house chips for its AI models and plans to “co-design hardware and models.” OpenAI similarly announced its own AI processor earlier this year, and Meta reportedly plans to start manufacturing a custom AI chip next month. [Link: It's official: Anthropic is building an in-house chip team for Claude | https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-in-house-silicon-chip-team-claude-2026-8 | Business Insider]

Rumors AI company was looking to develop its own custom silicon first emerged earlier this year

The AI startup is hiring engineers to design custom chips for its Claude AI model, according to a job listing and a company statement.