Anthropic confirmed it is designing custom chips for Claude. It wants engineers who have “shipped silicon.”

Anthropic has officially confirmed it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for Claude, marking the first public acknowledgment of the effort. A job listing seeks engineers who have 'shipped silicon,' with salaries ranging from $320K to $485K. The company will maintain a multi-chip approach using AWS, Google, Nvidia, and AMD hardware while adding its own custom silicon as a fifth option. This follows earlier signals including Reuters reporting on chip exploration, talks with Samsung as a manufacturing partner, and the hire of Clive Chan from OpenAI's chip program. Anthropic joins OpenAI (Jalapeño chip with Broadcom), Meta (Iris chip), and Mistral in the race to develop proprietary AI silicon, with custom chip development estimated to cost around $500 million.