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After just three years, Decart is on the verge of fulfilling the mission set by its co-founder Dean Leitersdorf: putting Israel on the AI map. If talks with artificial intelligence giant Anthropic lead to a deal to acquire the Israeli startup for $6 billion, Decart could become the foundation of Anthropic’s development center in Israel.
The Anthropic logo could soon be displayed on the tower on Yitzhak Sadeh Street where Decart operates its relatively small offices, currently employing about 100 people. The $6 billion deal would not rival some of the largest exits in Israeli technology, such as Google’s acquisition of Wiz or Palo Alto Networks’ purchase of CyberArk. But its significance for Israel’s technology industry could be greater in one important respect: it would bring one of the world’s leading AI companies into Israel at a moment when the industry is entering a new phase.
Dean Leitersdorf, co-founder of Decart, is a Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumnus.