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Not sure why you linked an axios article that just immediately refers to a times article.

https://archive.ph/xaImK#selection-8311.59-8311.77

> The company is expected to reach more than $100 billion in annualized revenue by the end of this year, according to four people familiar with the matter.

It's not really interesting if it's not according to Anthropic themselves. It's also revenue not profit.

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Revenue is what answers the question of whether people are willing to pay for the product. If people are paying a lot of money, that proves that there is substance to the product, regardless of whether the product is being sold profitably.

In any case, I understand they are still planning to IPO in November, so we'll likely know soon enough. I highly doubt that they would wildly distort their numbers so close to their IPO.

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