Anthropic raised $65B, OpenAI $122B — $5B won't close the pacing gap
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-09-14
Responding to Martin Casado's "Pacing" comment, SOhEigeartaigh does the math: Anthropic raised $65 billion earlier this year and OpenAI $122 billion, so $5 billion won't let the European side overtake — even if the American companies agree to slow down. A quantitative reality check on the frontier AI 'pacing' debate.
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