Anthropic Snaps Up Vercept to Supercharge Claude's Desktop Control
Anthropic acquires Seattle startup Vercept to bolster Claude's ability to control Macs and PCs via natural language.
Anthropic just bought Vercept, a Seattle-based startup built by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI. The acquisition is all about one thing: making Claude better at controlling your computer.
Vercept built Vy, a desktop agent that lets users operate a Mac or PC using plain natural language commands. Think clicking buttons, navigating apps, and executing workflows — all by just telling the agent what to do.
Anthropic says the deal will "advance Claude's computer use capabilities," signaling a deeper push into agentic AI that goes beyond chatbot conversations and into real desktop automation.
The move underscores a broader industry race to build AI agents that don't just answer questions but actually do things on your behalf. Anthropic is betting that acquiring purpose-built desktop agent tech is faster than building it from scratch.