Anthropic’s annualized revenue hits $65B, tripling since January

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Anthropic’s annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion at the end of July 2026, according to a Bloomberg report cited by TechCrunch on August 17 - up from $47 billion in May and just $9 billion at the close of 2025, representing a more than sevenfold increase in seven months.

The figures reflect an annualized run rate, meaning they project a full year’s revenue from a recent, shorter measurement period. Anthropic did not respond to requests for comment on the numbers.

The company’s investors expect its growth pace to hold for the rest of the year. The Financial Times reported that they anticipate Anthropic finishing 2026 with revenue somewhere between $100 billion and $120 billion.

For context, rival OpenAI doubled its own revenue to $40 billion, up from $20 billion at the end of 2025, Bloomberg reported the week prior. The two companies may calculate revenue metrics differently, but Anthropic’s acceleration has attracted notably stronger investor attention.

Both companies have filed confidential IPO paperwork. Anthropic is expected to reach public markets ahead of OpenAI - possibly as soon as this fall - and will seek a public valuation of $2 trillion or more, according to the Financial Times. That figure would make it the largest market debut on record. Anthropic was last privately valued at $965 billion in late May, when it raised a $65 billion funding round.

Practitioner takeaway: Revenue growing at this pace signals that enterprise and developer spending on Claude is scaling fast, not plateauing. For builders and businesses evaluating AI vendors, that inflow funds continued model improvements and infrastructure investment - but a looming IPO also means Anthropic will face pressure to expand margins. Pricing tiers, API costs, and free-tier generosity are all factors worth watching as the company moves closer to public-market scrutiny.

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