ai Techcrunch Ai 2026-08-05

Anthropic begins hiring team to design custom AI hardware

The AI company behind Claude is expanding into hardware development by hiring a team to design custom chips aimed at increasing the efficiency and speed of its models.

Support Your Local Toad

The Pesky Toad is free and ad-light. If you find it useful, toss a few pesos in the tip jar to help keep the servers running and the satire flowing.

$

MXN · Minimum $10