Anthropic's 15-person chip team uses Claude in in-house chip design

On November 3, 2026, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Anthropic has told investors its 15-person chip design team is already using Claude for engineering and design work on its custom chips. The same report noted that Anthropic's AI models have previously helped uncover serious cyber vulnerabilities and are said to be transforming the software coding profession. Beyond this single report, no further details have been made public: Anthropic has not disclosed which version of Claude the chip team uses, nor the specific tasks the model performs within the chip design process. No timeline for the chip project itself has been shared, and there has been no independent confirmation of the claims as yet.