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Anthropic projects $10.9 billion June quarter revenue and its first $559 million operating profit, implying a $44 billion annualized run rate during a funding round likely valuing it above OpenAI.

Limited compute capacity pushes some customers to other providers.

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Anthropic just had a profitable quarter at a $44 billion annual run rate with a fairly enormous compute shortage that's forced them to ration service and pushed some customers (perhaps just in the short term) into the arms of competitors. I don't think it's crazy to think their annual revenue would be $100b or more with sufficient compute for inference.

1:52 PM · May 20, 2026 View on X

There's like ten different stories breaking at once. I apologize, I don't usually post this frequently, I don't like to spam people.

Lisan al GaibLisan al Gaib@scaling01

According to WSJ, Anthropic is projected to post its first operating profit of about $559M in Q2 2026, with revenue reaching $10.9B, up from $4.8B in Q1. Annualized: $10.9B × 4 = $43.6B revenue run rate, assuming no further growth.

9:03 PM · May 20, 2026 · 20K Views
9:07 PM · May 20, 2026 · 10.5K Views
Andrew CurranAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

There's like ten different stories breaking at once. I apologize, I don't usually post this frequently, I don't like to spam people.

9:07 PM · May 20, 2026 · 10.5K Views
9:07 PM · May 20, 2026 · 1.1K Views

@zephyr_z9 They are paying Elon $1.25 billion a month for the Colossus usage.

ZephyrZephyr@zephyr_z9

So ARR growth has finally moderated a bit (or will they blow past it, Ant isn't good at forecasting) June ARR will be around $50B if this Q2 revenue number is true

10:35 PM · May 20, 2026 · 15.4K Views
10:42 PM · May 20, 2026 · 466 Views

According to WSJ, Anthropic is projected to post its first operating profit of about $559M in Q2 2026, with revenue reaching $10.9B, up from $4.8B in Q1.

Annualized: $10.9B × 4 = $43.6B revenue run rate, assuming no further growth.

9:03 PM · May 20, 2026 · 20K Views
Lisan al GaibLisan al Gaib@scaling01

According to WSJ, Anthropic is projected to post its first operating profit of about $559M in Q2 2026, with revenue reaching $10.9B, up from $4.8B in Q1. Annualized: $10.9B × 4 = $43.6B revenue run rate, assuming no further growth.

9:03 PM · May 20, 2026 · 20K Views
9:03 PM · May 20, 2026 · 1.8K Views

Even bigger win for Anthropic:

Anthropic’s revenue is set to more than double to $10.9 billion in the second quarter, an explosive rate of growth that will help it turn an operating profit for the first time.

About $500m in profit.

Nuts.

Chubby♨️Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

Holy: After Anthropic secured compute capacity from Colossus 1, it is now also getting access to compute from Colossus 2. But to be honest: I somehow expected to his. Grok certainly doesn’t need all that compute.

9:08 PM · May 20, 2026 · 49K Views
9:31 PM · May 20, 2026 · 22.4K Views
Chubby♨️Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

Even bigger win for Anthropic: Anthropic’s revenue is set to more than double to $10.9 billion in the second quarter, an explosive rate of growth that will help it turn an operating profit for the first time. About $500m in profit. Nuts.

9:31 PM · May 20, 2026 · 22.4K Views
9:32 PM · May 20, 2026 · 1.8K Views

Even bigger win for Anthropic:

Anthropic’s revenue is set to more than double to $10.9 billion in the second quarter, an explosive rate of growth that will help it turn an operating profit for the first time.

About $500 in profit.

Nuts.

Chubby♨️Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

Holy: After Anthropic secured compute capacity from Colossus 1, it is now also getting access to compute from Colossus 2. But to be honest: I somehow expected to his. Grok certainly doesn’t need all that compute.

9:08 PM · May 20, 2026 · 49K Views
9:29 PM · May 20, 2026 · 154 Views
Chubby♨️Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

Even bigger win for Anthropic: Anthropic’s revenue is set to more than double to $10.9 billion in the second quarter, an explosive rate of growth that will help it turn an operating profit for the first time. About $500 in profit. Nuts.

9:29 PM · May 20, 2026 · 154 Views
9:29 PM · May 20, 2026 · 249 Views

*$500m in profit

Chubby♨️Chubby♨️@kimmonismus

Even bigger win for Anthropic: Anthropic’s revenue is set to more than double to $10.9 billion in the second quarter, an explosive rate of growth that will help it turn an operating profit for the first time. About $500 in profit. Nuts.

9:29 PM · May 20, 2026 · 154 Views
9:30 PM · May 20, 2026 · 1.1K Views

So ARR growth has finally moderated a bit (or will they blow past it, Ant isn't good at forecasting) June ARR will be around $50B if this Q2 revenue number is true

10:35 PM · May 20, 2026 · 15.4K Views

@yonashav Also Ed Zitron's take on this.

Yo ShavitYo Shavit@yonashav

waiting with bated breath for Gary’s take

7:34 PM · May 20, 2026 · 6.7K Views
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