Anthropic reportedly shifted to net ARR, stripped Meta and Chinese distillation revenue before IPO
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-06
A repost with commentary on Gavin Baker's speculative post: Anthropic allegedly moved from gross to net ARR accounting and removed both Meta and Chinese-model distillation revenue from its $65B ARR figure. Meta is speculated to account for over $5B in ARR, so excluding it positions Anthropic to weather Meta cutting them off shortly after going public. The author adds that these AI IPOs will be US-centric stories, with market power and organizational IP concentrated in a few American companies — a "United Nations of AI" future. All figures are unverified speculation.
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