Anthropic ARR 7x'd to $65B This Year; 100+ Enterprise Whales Now Pay $10M+ Each
ns123abc · x · 2026-10-06
Per Anthropic's message to investors (relayed, unconfirmed): ARR has grown 7x from $9B in January to $65B. About 6,000 companies now spend $100k+/year on Claude (4x YoY), and over 100 enterprise customers each spend $10M+ annually. Microsoft cut internal Claude usage by 33% but still pays $670M a year, with Copilot external customers continuing to use Claude.
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