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Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reports

Revenue climbed to $16.3 billion in six months as AI infrastructure spending nearly quadrupled to almost $9 billion, the Journal said.

  • On Oct 20, Anthropic signaled it could spend as much as $750 billion in the coming years to secure computing capacity, according to a draft IPO prospectus reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.
  • The company reported a net loss of more than $80 billion for the first half of the year, up from $13 billion in the same period a year earlier.
  • Accounting charges tied to financial instruments accounted for $72 billion of the reported net loss, reflecting significant capital requirements for expanding infrastructure.
  • Investors at a recent meeting in San Francisco discussed a valuation of around $1.5 trillion, a step down from the roughly $2 trillion previously expected for the share sale.
  • Sharpened scrutiny of finances focuses on whether capital outlays will produce sustainable returns, as Anthropic reported infrastructure spending of $9 billion in the first half of the year.
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According to Wall Street Journal, the minus is mainly due to accounting effects. At the same time, Claude's developer is committed to billion-dollar contracts for computing capacity.

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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = Antropic, which is on the verge of an initial public offering (IPO), recorded a 1,500% increase in sales in the first half of this year, yet more than 100 trillion won...

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