Anthropic confirms it is building an in-house team to design custom chips for its Claude AI models. Multiple outlets report the company is hiring engineers, based on a job listing and Anthropic’s statement. The company says the effort focuses on co-designing hardware and models, with the aim of running Claude faster and at greater scale. TechCrunch and Quartz describe the initiative as bringing chip design work in-house, rather than relying solely on external hardware partners. Quartz also links the announcement to plans to improve efficiency and expand capacity to support broader deployment of Claude. Business Insider similarly reports that Anthropic is recruiting engineers specifically for the chip effort. While the reports do not provide detailed timelines, chip specifications, or names of existing suppliers, they converge on the same core point: Anthropic is creating an internal chip design capability and aligning it with model development. Overall, the announcements frame the move as a strategy to optimize performance and efficiency for Claude as demand grows.