Breaking: Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart at a valuation near $7 billion.
Here's the twist that makes this story worth watching closely.
Anthropic reportedly looked at buying Decart back in September for roughly $6 billion and decided to pass.
Now Amazon is circling the same asset at a billion dollar premium.
That gap is the real story here.
Either Decart's technology has meaningfully matured in a few months, or Amazon is placing a strategic bet that Anthropic wasn't willing to make.
In a market where AI valuations shift by the week, a company going from "passed on" to "$7B target" in under a month says a lot about how aggressively big tech is racing to lock down differentiated AI capability before competitors do.
Acquisitions like this aren't just about tech, they're about denying rivals access to talent and IP.
Watch this space, deal talks can collapse just as fast as they heat up.
🔗 Original Source & Reference: https://www.techmeme.com/261011/p11#a261011p11
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