Lon reports Anthropic is in talks to acquire Descartes AI for approximately $6 billion.
“anthropic is also in talks to acquire Israeli startup, Descartes AI, for around 6,000,000,000.”
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disputableAnthropic either completes acquisition of Descartes AI at stated price (~$6B) or deal falls through; check public announcements.
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