Anthropic outsells OpenAI for first time, posts $11.6B revenue and profit
damianplayer · x · 2026-08-19
Anthropic's revenue surged from $787M to $11.6B, marking the first time it has outsold OpenAI while also posting an operating profit. In contrast, OpenAI grew 18% but increased its losses compared to the previous quarter.
Related event: WSJ: OpenAI Q2 revenue growth slows as Anthropic overtakes it in sales(5 posts)→
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