Theo: companies spend over $500M a year with Anthropic — your $200 sub is a drop in the bucket
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-14
Many devs assume Anthropic and OpenAI's revenue comes from $100/$200 subscription plans, writes Theo. In reality, some companies spend over $500 million a year with Anthropic — individual subscriptions aren't even a drop in the bucket. The post highlights the huge gap between how consumers imagine AI companies make money and the actual enterprise-driven revenue base.
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