Anthropic says it's highly profitable 'excluding some of its biggest expenses', internet mocks the math
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-09-16
Polymarket highlighted Anthropic's claim that it would be "highly profitable" if you excluded some of its largest expenses — a statement widely mocked online as creative accounting, with jokes that the company "chose to identify as profitable." The quip captures ongoing skepticism about whether frontier AI labs can turn a profit under massive training and staffing costs.
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