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Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026 amid surging enterprise AI demand

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Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is targeting an ambitious leap in revenue, projecting to more than double—and potentially nearly triple—its annualized revenue run rate in 2026, according to sources familiar with the company’s internal forecasts.

The San Francisco-based firm expects to hit an annualized revenue run rate of $9 billion by the end of 2025, and has set 2026 goals ranging from $20 billion to $26 billion, driven by rapid adoption of its enterprise-focused AI products. Anthropic confirmed to Reuters that its current revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion, up from $5 billion in August, though it declined to comment on future projections.

The growth underscores the accelerating demand for generative AI tools across industries, even as questions arise over the sustainability of massive AI infrastructure investments. About 80% of Anthropic’s revenue now comes from its 300,000 enterprise customers, who use its Claude models for software integration, data analysis, and automation.

One major contributor has been Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered programming assistant, which has already reached a $1 billion annualized run rate since launching earlier this year. The company also recently introduced its Haiku 4.5 model — a low-cost AI system aimed at making enterprise AI more accessible.

Anthropic’s growth trajectory puts it in direct competition with OpenAI, whose revenue surpassed $13 billion in August and is expected to exceed $20 billion by year’s end. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic has been valued at $183 billion following a $13 billion funding round led by ICONIQ.

Backed by Amazon and Google, the company plans to open its first India office in Bengaluru in 2026 and significantly expand its workforce to meet surging global demand for enterprise AI solutions.

Anthropic launches low-cost Haiku 4.5 model to make AI more accessible for businesses

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AI startup Anthropic has unveiled a major update to its smallest model, Haiku, as it seeks to make artificial intelligence more affordable and practical for companies outside Silicon Valley. The new version, Haiku 4.5, costs about one-third as much as Anthropic’s Sonnet 4 and just one-fifteenth the price of its flagship Opus model, while matching or outperforming mid-tier models on tasks like coding and data synthesis.

Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger said the upgrade reflects a growing demand among traditional businesses for cost-effective AI tools that still deliver high performance. “Small models really help because they can be a more economical way of deploying at scale,” Krieger told Reuters, noting that cheaper AI makes it easier for firms to integrate intelligent assistants into systems used by thousands of employees.

Anthropic’s enterprise business now accounts for about 80% of its revenue, with over 300,000 corporate customers using its AI tools internally or within their products. The company’s annual revenue run rate has reached nearly $7 billion, underscoring its rapid ascent in the AI sector.

Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, the San Francisco-based company has become one of the strongest challengers to OpenAI, backed by a recent valuation of $183 billion.

Anthropic’s smaller models, such as Haiku, aim to balance power and affordability at a time when companies are pushing back against the massive computational costs of training and running large-scale AI systems. The firm says businesses can even combine models — using advanced ones for strategic planning and smaller ones for everyday tasks like information synthesis and web searches.

Apple AI executive Ke Yang departs for Meta amid intensifying talent war

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Apple has lost another key artificial intelligence executive to Meta, as competition for top AI talent across Silicon Valley continues to escalate. Ke Yang, who was recently appointed to lead Apple’s new Answers, Knowledge and Information (AKI) division — a team central to the overhaul of Siri and Apple’s web-based AI search project — is reportedly leaving to join Meta Platforms, according to Bloomberg News.

Yang’s departure comes just weeks after her promotion, which positioned her at the forefront of Apple’s push to develop a ChatGPT-like AI-driven search tool. The project was expected to debut in March as part of Apple’s broader effort to integrate generative AI into its ecosystem.

Neither Apple, Meta, nor Yang have commented publicly on the move. Yang joined Apple in 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has been aggressively recruiting AI experts from competitors including Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as major tech firms pour billions into advancing generative AI and large language models. Bloomberg previously reported that other Apple executives, including Ruoming Pang and Robby Walker, have also recently left the company amid the growing AI talent war.

The move underscores the fierce competition among tech giants seeking to gain an edge in the race toward AI-powered search and digital assistants — a space increasingly defined by breakthroughs in conversational models and multimodal intelligence.