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“Father of Google TPU” Amir Salek Joins Anthropic as the AI War Moves From Models to Silicon
  • August 26, 2026
“Father of Google TPU” Amir Salek Joins Anthropic as the AI War Moves From Models to Silicon

Anthropic has poached Amir Salek, the engineer widely known as the “Father of Google TPU”, to help lead its newly established Custom Silicon division under Head of Compute James Bradbury. Combined with OpenAI chip-program veteran Clive Chan, a $250 million commitment to UK startup Fractile, and infrastructure deals with repurposed crypto-mining sites, Anthropic is building a compute fortress to fight its estimated $19 billion 2026 compute bill. The AI war has officially moved from models to silicon.

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