{
  "id": 1913278,
  "title": "Anthropic Hits $65 Billion Revenue Run Rate, Surpassing OpenAI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/anthropic-hits-65-billion-revenue-run-rate-surpassing-openai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-19T10:21:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/hunter_g_50e2ec233acd07b5/anthropic-hits-65-billion-revenue-run-rate-surpassing-openai-36pg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic has achieved a revenue run rate of $65 billion, surpassing OpenAI in the same quarter. However, upon closer examination, the $65 billion figure reveals that one company made $559 million while the other lost $12.3 billion. Anthropic's revenue growth skyrocketed sevenfold from $9 billion at the end of 2025 to $65 billion by July. In the most recent quarter, Anthropic reported $11.5 billion in revenue, quadrupling the $2.9 billion from the same period in 2025, representing a 50% sequential growth. OpenAI, on the other hand, recorded a second-quarter revenue of $6.7 billion, up 18% from $5.7 billion in Q1. While Anthropic's run rate exceeds OpenAI's, analysts caution that run rate can be misleading when companies show rapid acceleration. More importantly, Anthropic posted its first-ever operating profit of $559 million in Q2, while OpenAI's operating loss widened to $12.3 billion. This highlights the stark difference in profitability between the two companies, with OpenAI's losses expanding faster than Anthropic's revenue. The disparity in revenue sources also plays a role, as OpenAI subsidizes many free users, leading to higher near-term losses, whereas Anthropic primarily serves enterprise customers who pay for outcomes.",
  "summary": "The headline trending on X reads: \"Anthropic Hits $65 Billion Revenue Run Rate, Surpassing OpenAI.\" But once I put both companies' numbers side by side, the $65 billion turned out not to be the most interesting part. The real story: in the same quarter, one company made $559 million and the other lost $12.3 billion. Here is everything I could verify, plus everything I could not. The numbers, laid…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}