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Amazon plans to acquire Decart for US$7 billion to seize the AI chip "universal adapter". According to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, Amazon is negotiating an acquisition with artificial intelligence startup Decart. The potential valuation of the deal is about US$7 billion (approximately RMB 46.9 billion).
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Amazon plans to acquire Decart for US$7 billion to seize the AI chip "universal adapter". According to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, Amazon is negotiating an acquisition with artificial intelligence startup Decart. The potential valuation of the deal is about US$7 billion (approximately RMB 46.9 billion). According to sources, as long as there are no problems in negotiations and no new bidders appear halfway, the deal may be concluded soon. At a time when the chip shortage and the self-research trend are intertwined, this transaction also reflects the giant's anxiety about control of computing power. Headquartered in San Francisco, Decart has an increasingly valuable skill: developing cross-chip adaptation software that allows developers to seamlessly switch between different AI chips. As major technology giants compete for computing power, the value of this underlying "translation layer" is rapidly increasing - whoever can move models flexibly does not have to be tied to a single chip supplier. For Amazon, which owns AWS, having this scheduling capability in its hands is equivalent to adding another bargaining chip to its cloud customers. Once targeted and then abandoned by Anthropic, the value of this company did not come out of thin air. According to PitchBook data, Decart has previously raised more than $400 million from well-known venture investors such as Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Radical Ventures, and was valued at nearly $4 billion at the time of that round of financing in May this year. What’s more interesting is that Bloomberg disclosed in August that Anthropic once wanted to acquire it for about US$6 billion, but by September it was reported that the AI laboratory had given up the idea. Now that Amazon has taken over, Decart’s ownership will undoubtedly become more variable. via AI News (author: AI Base)