Anthropic's 'profitable minus our biggest expenses' claim roasted as Enron accounting
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-15
Anthropic said it is highly profitable if you exclude some of its biggest expenses. After Polymarket amplified the quote, users roasted it by noting that Enron was also highly profitable on the same logic, poking fun at the AI industry's habit of framing profitability while excluding its biggest cash burn.
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