Anthropic's Growth Is Slowing
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Anthropic's Growth Is Slowing

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 15, 202621 min
  • Business & money

Anthropic told investors Q3 revenue hit $16.8 billion, with adjusted profitability, but growth slowed ahead of the IPO. An arrested OpenAI engineer had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia. Amazon launched two Bee wearables, and Nvidia’s RTX Spark impressed. Sources: Anthropic told investors that its Q3 revenue hit $16.8B, up from $11.5B in Q2, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis in Q3, ahead of its IPO (Financial Times) Sources: Anthropic told investors that 5% to 7% of its revenue comes from distillation, and that distillation revenue will decline and keep weighing on its numbers this period (The In...

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Welcome to The Tech We Ride Home for Thursday, October 15, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. Anthropic told investors Q3 revenue hit $16.8 billion with adjusted profitability, but growth slowed ahead of the IPO.

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