Anthropic at $2T valuation with ~5,000 staff vs ZIRP-era SaaS giants, in one chart
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-27
A viral comparison notes Anthropic reached a $2 trillion valuation and $65B in revenue with roughly 5,000 employees, while ZIRP-era companies like Pinterest, DocuSign and Zoom each employ 5,000-7,000+ for far smaller businesses. Beff Jezos calls it the nutshell difference between 2020s AGI companies and 2010s ZIRP SaaS slop.
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