Overview
- Anthropic said Vercept’s technology and staff will be integrated to help Claude operate live software and complete multi-step tasks like a human at a keyboard.
- Vercept’s desktop product Vy will be discontinued on or about March 25, giving users roughly 30 days to migrate off the platform.
- Co-founders Kiana Ehsani, Luca Weihs, and Ross Girshick will join Anthropic, while other co-founders including Oren Etzioni and Matt Deitke will not.
- Financial terms were not disclosed; Vercept previously raised a $16 million seed round and its CEO said total funding topped $50 million.
- Anthropic cited recent gains on the OSWorld benchmark, reporting Sonnet models improved from under 15% in late 2024 to 72.5% today, as investor reactions included public criticism from Etzioni and a dispute with lead investor Seth Bannon.