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Anthropic hires former Google chip executive to advance semiconductor development
Aug 21, 2026
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Anthropic has appointed Amir Salek, a former leader in Google's custom chip program, to its compute team. This move is part of Anthropic's strategy to develop its own semiconductors for its AI platform, Claude.
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- Anthropic PBC has hired Amir Salek, previously a founder of the custom chip program at Google.
- Salek will join the compute team at Anthropic, which develops the Claude AI platform.
- He previously managed Google's tensor processing unit business until 2022, overseeing the development of the first seven generations of those chips.
- In his new role, Salek will report to James Bradbury.
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