"(a lot of work trials + hiring + VERY big anthropic mistake)"
— a founder's breakdown of this month's expenses in an investor update
10:46 AM · Jun 1, 2026 · 192.9K Views
Engineer Ben disputes viral claims that a startup accidentally spent $500 million on Anthropic's Claude in a single month
The rumor began with an investor update Paul Graham shared.
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Ben (no treats)@andersonbcdefg
fun little thought experiment: if ant's reported annualized rev is 12 x (avg of last 3 months) then a $500M oopsy contributes ~$1.5B out of $47B which is... not insignificant?
Paul Graham@paulg
"(a lot of work trials + hiring + VERY big anthropic mistake)"
— a founder's breakdown of this month's expenses in an investor update
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