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surgical_firetoday at 8:06 AM1 replyview on HN

> They're likely over $80b ARR by now. They'll be at $800b ARR next year at the same rate.

And they will be 800 trilion ARR in a couple of years, following that same rate! 8 quadrillion by 2029!

> When you are growing so fast, you don't need to make a net profit. You just need to make sure your unit economics are good - which it seems like they are given reports that their gross margins are at 60-70%.

If their margins were anywhere near this good, they wouldn't need to raise so much money so often.

If you create a machine that turns 1 dollar into 3 dollars, you don't dillute your ownership of the machine, you use your fabulous profits to expand your machine's capabilities.


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aurareturntoday at 9:32 AM

  If their margins were anywhere near this good, they wouldn't need to raise so much money so often.
Why not? They are reinvesting into growth. There isn't a clear winner yet and Anthropic wants to make sure it is one of them. Taking a profit now while letting OpenAI take your marketshare and train better models is not very smart.
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