Axios ties spending surge to revenue growth
2 Nov 2 10:02 AM · 9d ago · 5 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 2 of 2
Axios reported that Anthropic's spending commitments have surged to nearly $900 billion in tandem with rising revenue, adding financial context to the FT disclosure.
Anthropic AI company preparing for IPOFinancial Times Outlet that broke the spending figures
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> The filing directly discloses for the first time that Anthropic has agreed $895.4bn in purchase commitments and lease agreements for computing power and infrastructure, of which $447.5bn is expected to be incurred before the end of 2030.So $448 billion committed, with unclear cancellation terms, through the next ~48 months.Clearly this will be…
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Zero percent chance they can grow fast enough to meet their financial obligations without taking on some extremely expensive debt that will increase and compound their losses.At this point I think the goal is:Step 1: Go publicStep 2: Allow exit for early investorsStep 3: file bankruptcyStep 4: Amazon or Google “rescues” the company at pennies to…
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If they slowdown just a bit more (and growth just slowed) they’re bankrupt.If they grow like no startup in history they just eek by and manage to barely pay their bills. Impressive, but not worth anything close to $1T plus valuation.If they achieve AGI money becomes worthless.So where’s the upside for investors here?
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The commitments are over 19 years, but they expect to spend half of that, $447.5bn, by the end of 2030 - so about $105bn per year for the first few years.Their 2026 revenue looks like it will be ~$67bn so clearly they're anticipating continued significant revenue growth for this to make sense.
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I'd also like to reveal a Chapter 11 restructuring of Anthropic in 2029 to cancel these contracts.I mean, I can't reveal that because I'm just some schmuck. But I'd like to.
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If I’m mathing right, your own numbers suggest they’re spending nearly double their quarterly revenue, every month. That sounds far from reasonable to me.
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$900b contract spending / $30b = 30 years of revenue.That’s wild. They have committed to absolutely insane growth with no margin for error.
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How much to power those data centers? It's kind of meaningless if you can't power them.
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