[Sources: Anthropic Once Planned to Acquire MatX for Approximately $7 Billion] According to a report by Jinse Finance on August 28, sources revealed that Anthropic had discussed acquiring AI chip startup MatX for approximately $7 billion, aiming to accelerate the development of custom hardware for its rapidly growing AI business. One insider stated that the acquisition talks later evolved into discussions about a potential partnership. Previously, one of the sources disclosed that MatX is currently seeking a new round of funding, with a valuation of approximately $4 billion. The discussions with MatX also suggest that Anthropic may be interested in developing chips for model training, while other chip startups and competitors like OpenAI are focusing on processors better suited for generating chatbot responses, a process known as 'inference.' However, insiders noted that Anthropic might also choose to develop inference chips.