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Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO

Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from " people with knowledge of the matter ". Key things I learned from the article: Q1 revenue (Jan/Feb/Mar) was "about $4.8bn" Q2 (Apr/May/Jun) was $11.5bn…

Anthropic disclosed to investors that its quarterly revenue surged nearly 50% to $16.8 billion, signaling a strong financial performance ahead of its anticipated IPO. The information was shared during a recent investor day event, attended by individuals familiar with the company's affairs. A notable excerpt from the report reads: "Anthropic has also restricted 'distillation' – a controversial method where competing AI labs train their models on the outputs of more advanced systems.

When rival firms 'distill' Anthropic's models, it entails significant usage and expenditure." According to four sources with insider knowledge, distillation was responsible for 5% to 7% of the company's revenue in Q3, with unnamed competitors reportedly spending over half a billion dollars on this practice.

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