Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245">Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive</a></strong></p> A few interesting numbers in this FT story gathered from "people with knowledge of the matter":</p> <ul> <li>Anthropic's "annualized revenue" for July is up to $65bn - it was $47bn in May, and I collected <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/29/anthropic/">more historic numbers here</a>.</li> <li>Anthropic expect Q3 to be profitable according to the same model they used to declare Q2 profitable. "It also told i
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