Amazon is in talks to acquire artificial intelligence startup Decart in a deal that could value the company at around $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal.
The potential transaction would significantly expand Amazon’s investment in AI infrastructure and software as demand for computing capacity continues to rise.
Decart is based in San Francisco and develops software that makes it easier for developers to switch between different AI chips.
That capability is becoming increasingly important as technology companies seek greater flexibility in how they access and deploy the computing resources required to develop and operate AI applications.
A potential acquisition would give Amazon technology that makes AI workloads less dependent on a single chip platform.
That could be strategically relevant as cloud providers, model developers, and enterprise customers increasingly look to optimize AI workloads across a mix of hardware architectures rather than rely on a single supplier.
Amazon has been investing heavily across the AI stack, including cloud infrastructure, custom chips, model development, and partnerships with AI companies.
Adding Decart could broaden that strategy by giving Amazon additional software designed to help developers manage and shift workloads across different computing environments.
The potential deal would also fit a broader industry push to reduce bottlenecks in AI infrastructure.
As demand for GPUs and other specialized accelerators grows, software that makes it easier to use multiple chip types can help companies improve flexibility and potentially make better use of available capacity.
For Amazon Web Services, technology that simplifies movement between different AI chips could complement its existing cloud infrastructure and custom silicon initiatives.
It could also give AWS customers another tool for deploying AI workloads across a broader range of hardware options depending on performance, availability, and cost requirements.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the transaction under discussion could value Decart at approximately $7 billion.
If completed at that level, the deal would represent a major acquisition in the AI infrastructure software market and highlight the strategic importance large technology companies are placing on technologies that help manage increasingly complex AI computing environments.
The discussions remain ongoing, and there is no guarantee that Amazon and Decart will reach a final agreement.
Additional terms of a potential acquisition were not disclosed in the report.
