Get rid of OpenAI! Anthropic is revealed to have annual revenue exceeding 430 billion, sprinting towards the largest IPO in history

Zhixi Compiler | Cheng Qian Editor | Li Shuiqing Zhixi News on August 18, just now, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, Anthropic’s annual revenue has exceeded US$65 billion (approximately RMB 438.1 billion) as of the end of July, an increase of 622.22% from US$9 billion (approximately RMB 60.661 billion) at the end of last year. In May this year, its annualized revenue was revealed to have reached US$47 billion (approximately RMB 316.785 billion), which increased by 38.3% two months later. According to foreign media CNBC last week, OpenAI’s annualized revenue has currently reached 40 billion US dollars (approximately RMB 269.604 billion), and the latest exposure data of Anthropic is approximately 1.63 times that of OpenAI. People familiar with the matter said Anthropic shared this latest data with investors in its regular financial communications. This impressive annualized revenue growth was also reflected in quarterly operating income. Another person familiar with the matter revealed that the company announced preliminary revenue figures for the second quarter reaching US$11.5 billion (approximately RMB 77.511 billion), with revenue soaring 14 times year-on-year. According to a report by the Financial Times on August 15, its investors expect Anthropic to IPO in October this year. In addition, Reuters also disclosed some financial details of Anthropic in a report last Saturday. Anthropic expects its revenue in 2028 to reach US$190 billion to US$200 billion (approximately RMB 1.28 trillion to 1.35 trillion yuan). Driven by this expectation, its IPO valuation may reach US$2 trillion (approximately RMB 13.48 trillion), surpassing the US$1.77 trillion (approximately RMB 11.93 trillion) IPO record set by SpaceX in June this year, sprinting towards the largest IPO in history. Yesterday, "Forbes" quoted analysts as reporting that industry monitoring data showed that about 80% of Anthropic's revenue comes from API and enterprise