[DEVELOPING] Amazon reported in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for about $7B, per WSJ
Reuters and SiliconANGLE both relayed a Wall Street Journal report from Oct 11, citing unnamed people, that Amazon is in talks to buy Decart for about $7B. The report says a deal could come within days unless the talks collapse or a rival bidder appears. Amazon declined to comment and Decart did not respond. SiliconANGLE notes that Decart's DOS software tunes models for specific processors and lets workloads move between chips, which could support AWS's Trainium chips. Both outlets cite Bloomberg reporting that Anthropic explored a deal of about $6B before walking away last month. Things to watch: whether a signed deal or an AWS statement follows, and how it is presented relative to the Trainium roadmap. Neither source independently confirms the talks.