Amazon in Talks to Acquire Israeli AI Startup Decart for $7 Billion
Translated & summarized from Channel 9 by baba
Amazon is in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart for up to $7 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2023, Decart develops generative AI for video and interactive worlds. The potential deal follows abandoned acquisition talks with Anthropic for $6 billion and a rejected offer from Nvidia. If completed, the acquisition would be one of the largest in Israeli tech history and a major purchase for Amazon.
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- Amazon is negotiating to buy Israeli AI startup Decart for as much as $7 billion.
- Decart was founded in 2023 and develops generative AI for video and interactive worlds.
- The potential $7 billion deal would represent a 75% valuation increase in five months.
- Decart previously rejected a higher offer from Nvidia and abandoned talks with Anthropic.
- The acquisition would be one of the largest in Israeli tech history.
- The deal is not finalized, and another buyer could emerge.
Amazon is reportedly in negotiations to acquire Decart, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup, for a potential sum of $7 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. While an agreement is expected soon, no final deal has been reached, and another buyer could still emerge. Decart, founded in 2023 by brothers Dean and Orian Leiterdorf along with Moshe Shalev, specializes in generative AI for real-time video creation and AI infrastructure for interactive digital and physical worlds. The company has raised over $400 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Radical Ventures. In May 2026, Decart was valued at nearly $4 billion, meaning a $7 billion acquisition would represent a roughly 75% increase in value in just five months. These talks with Amazon began a month after AI company Anthropic abandoned a $6 billion acquisition deal for Decart after weeks of negotiations. Decart had also reportedly been in discussions with Nvidia, with its founders rejecting an offer from the chip manufacturer that was higher than Anthropic's bid. If the Amazon deal materializes at the reported price, it would rank among the largest acquisitions in the history of Israel's tech sector and be one of Amazon's most significant purchases in recent years.
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