SpaceX Reportedly Targets Israeli AI Lab Decart: $6B for Faster Inference
SpaceX is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart for up to $7 billion to gain access to its proprietary inference-optimization technology. The deal would mark SpaceX's second major AI acquisition following its recent IPO.
Why it matters
The acquisition signals a major strategic pivot for SpaceX into AI infrastructure, potentially accelerating generative AI performance significantly.
SpaceX is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart at a valuation of approximately $6 billion to $7 billion - a deal that would hand Musk's company a proprietary inference-optimization stack capable of running AI models at roughly eight times the industry average speed, and establish SpaceX's first engineering foothold in Israel, according to an exclusive report by Calcalist, Israel's leading financial newspaper. The deal could be signed within a week. If completed, it would be SpaceX's second major AI acquisition since its $75 billion IPO in June, following the $60 billion Cursor all-stock deal announced just weeks after the company went public.Three-year-old Decart originally entered advanced negotiations with Nvidia - which had invested in the company's most recent funding round - before a larger competing bid caused the founders to pivot to a new buyer, according to Calcalist's exclusive reporting.
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