Amazon is in talks to acquire Decart, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup, for around USD 7 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Reuters, Bloomberg and other outlets carried the same figure. Neither Amazon nor Decart has confirmed that any deal is being discussed.
The reported price would be a sharp step up for a company that was valued at close to USD 4 billion only months ago. Decart is three years old and has not disclosed its revenue, which makes the size of the offer the main question in the story rather than any published financials.
The Reported Deal and the Price Talk
The Wall Street Journal first reported the talks, and the USD 7 billion figure was repeated by Reuters, Bloomberg and Quartz. The number has moved since. The Israeli technology site CTech reported that Amazon could end up paying about USD 5.5 billion after another suitor, Anthropic, walked away, while earlier accounts said Anthropic had considered a deal of roughly USD 6 billion.
No confirmed transaction has been announced. Amazon has not commented on the reports, and the terms remain unconfirmed.
Why Amazon Is Interested
Decart builds software that helps AI applications run across different chip platforms. It also develops models that generate and simulate real-world 3D environments. Both capabilities line up with Amazon’s cloud business, which has been promoting its own AI accelerator, Trainium.
Moving AI models between chip architectures usually means rewriting code and retesting performance. A working compatibility layer would lower that barrier, which is why Amazon’s interest is less about owning a single model than about owning the path that leads developers onto its own silicon.
What Decart Builds
Decart came out of stealth with a USD 21 million seed round led by Sequoia, and introduced Oasis, which it described as an early real-time interactive open-world model. It later released LSD, a diffusion model for live video that works at very low latency. Its current product lines include DOS, an inference and training stack, and two world models called Lucy and Oasis. Lucy targets immersive experiences, while Oasis is aimed at physical AI and robotics.
Read more: Decart’s work on helping AI run smoothly across different chips sits close to the story of Nuvacore, a Sequoia-backed chip startup that is raising funds at a valuation of about USD 2.5 billion as demand for AI hardware keeps climbing.
Decart’s Funding History
The company has raised money quickly. After the Sequoia-led seed round, Benchmark led a USD 32 million Series A in December 2024 at a valuation above USD 500 million. In August 2025 it raised USD 100 million at a valuation of USD 3.1 billion. A later round of about USD 300 million, led by Radical Ventures, took total funding past USD 450 million, and reports placed its valuation close to USD 4 billion in 2026.
That climb means the reported USD 7 billion figure is roughly 50 to 75 percent above the last reported valuation, while the lower USD 5.5 billion number would still be a premium.
Background and the Founders
Decart was founded by Dr. Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev. The startup is based in Israel and is part of a wave of local AI companies that build models rather than end-user applications. Its backers include Sequoia, Benchmark and Radical Ventures.
The Wider Race and What Happens Next
Amazon is not the only name linked to Decart. Nvidia, SpaceX and Nebius have all been mentioned in reports, and Anthropic was described as an early suitor. Founders and Sequoia are said to have favoured Anthropic at one stage, despite a higher reported offer from Nvidia, while Google has also been floated as a possible alternative.
Nothing is final. Talks at this stage can stall on price, structure or regulatory review, and the number of reported interested buyers means Decart keeps its options open. For now the story is a set of unconfirmed reports about price, and the one number that has stayed constant is the roughly USD 7 billion headline figure attached to the Amazon talks.
