Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Bolster AI Agent Capabilities
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Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Boost AI Agent Capabilities for Claude Platform
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Moneycontrol•26-02-2026, 09:58
Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Boost AI Agent Capabilities for Claude Platform
•Anthropic acquires Seattle-based AI startup Vercept to expand its Claude platform's AI agent capabilities.
•Vercept developed tools for complex, agentic tasks, including Vy, a cloud-based computer-use agent for remote Apple MacBooks.
•The acquisition follows Anthropic's purchase of Bun, a coding agent engine, signaling aggressive expansion in the AI agent space.
•Vercept's co-founders Kiana Ehsani, Luca Weihs, and Ross Girshick will join Anthropic; other founders like Matt Deitke and Oren Etzioni are not moving.
•The deal sparked public disagreement between investors Oren Etzioni and Seth Bannon over Vercept's shutdown and leadership.
