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Why is Anthropic's revenue soaring while it still loses money?

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A year earlier, the same quarter brought in 1.4 billion dollars. In the second quarter of this year, revenue reached 11.6 billion dollars.

Anthropic quarterly revenue
  • Q3 20251.4 $bn
  • Q2 202611.6 $bn

By the third quarter, revenue was almost 17 billion dollars, yet the company still posted a net loss of 23.3 billion dollars.

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Third-quarter revenueSource: Bloomberg Business · 02.11.2026

Anthropic's own filing also warns about the risk of its AI. Using AI to help build more capable AI could also pose a considerable safety risk, particularly if it sharply accelerates the pace of progress.

“Using AI to help build more capable AI could also pose a considerable safety risk, particularly if it sharply accelerates the pace of progress.”

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The filing names the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT and gives no share price. ANSA expects the listing around mid-November. Handelsblatt's report is datelined San Francisco.

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