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Anthropic revenue reportedly rose 45% to $16.8bn in third quarter

Reported figures show revenue rising across successive quarters this year, and Anthropic declined to comment.

Updated Oct 15, 2026 · 20:15 UTC2 reports

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Anthropic's revenue reportedly rose 45% to $16.8bn in the three months to September.[Business Insider · BBC News]
Revenue reportedly grew in successive quarters this year, climbing from $4.7bn to $11.6bn.[BBC News]
Anthropic reportedly told prospective investors that 5% to 7% of revenue comes from distillation by rival AI developers.[Business Insider]
Anthropic declined to comment on the reports, leaving the figures and distillation share unconfirmed by the company.[BBC News]

Anthropic's revenue reportedly rose 45% to $16.8bn in the three months to the end of September.[BBC News]
Anthropic generated $16.8 billion in revenue during the third quarter.[Business Insider]
Revenue reportedly rose from $4.7bn in the first three months of the year to $11.6bn in the following period, with successive quarterly gains this year.[BBC News]
Anthropic reportedly told prospective investors that 5% to 7% of its revenue comes from distillation, a practice in which rival AI developers use Claude models to train competing systems.[Business Insider]
An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment on the reports.[BBC News]
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in September that OpenAI will not go public this year.[BBC News]

The 5% to 7% distillation share is attributed to a report and has not been confirmed by Anthropic in the provided reporting.[Business Insider]
Anthropic declined to comment on the reported revenue figures, so the company has not publicly confirmed them.[BBC News]

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