Ant posts ~$0.7B operating loss in H1, and that's before Opus 5.5
felpix_ · x · 2026-10-21
A post highlights that Ant's operating income for the first half of the year was a loss of roughly $0.7B — and notes these figures are pre-Opus-5.5, implying spending and losses are set to grow further with the new model's release.
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