Estimate: Distillation Workflows Drive ~$1B of Anthropic Revenue
kevinsxu · x · 2026-10-15
The author says that back in June he did back-of-envelope math with someone who used to run a "transfer station" enabling distillation, arriving at roughly $1 billion in revenue for Anthropic. He concludes the claim that distillers account for 5-7% of Anthropic's revenue is accurate.
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