Anthropic Acquires AI Startup Vercept

February 26, 2026
Anthropic has acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based AI startup known for its computer-use agent Vy. The deal brings Vercept’s research team into Anthropic and ends Vercept’s independent operations next month.

Anthropic has acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based AI startup that built tools for complex agentic tasks, reports TechCrunch. Vercept’s cloud-based computer-use agent, Vy, allowed remote operation of Apple MacBooks. As part of the acquisition, Vercept’s product will shut down on March 25.

The acquisition follows Anthropic’s purchase of coding engine Bun in December to support its Claude Code product. Vercept’s team members, including co-founders Kiana Ehsani, Luca Weihs, and Ross Girshick, will join Anthropic. Co-founders Oren Etzioni and Matt Deitke are not joining the company.

Vercept had raised $50 million from investors including Eric Schmidt, Jeff Dean, Kyle Vogt, and Arash Ferdowsi. The startup emerged from the Allen Institute for AI’s A12 incubator. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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