Anthropic tells investors it's profitable for a second straight quarter with 80%+ gross margins

Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-14

Per the Financial Times, Anthropic has told investors it will be profitable for the second straight quarter, with gross margins above 80% before revenue shared with distribution partners and training costs. The report is a setback for prominent AI-skeptic commentators like Ed Zitron and cuts against the narrative that frontier labs bleed money indefinitely.

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