Anthropic reported a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of the year and signalled it could spend as much as $750 billion in the coming years to secure more computing capacity, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
\n\nThe loss, up from $13 billion a year earlier, was driven by $72 billion in accounting charges tied to changes in the value of financial instruments Anthropic issued to raise money, the report said, citing a draft prospectus for its IPO.
\n\nThe figures show the hefty costs of the AI race even as investors look harder at whether the money companies are pouring into chips and data centres will pay off.
\n\nAnthropic's revenue jumped to $16.3 billion in the six months ended June 30 from $1.1 billion a year ago, while AI infrastructure spending nearly quadrupled to almost $9 billion, the Journal said.
\n\nAnthropic did not respond to a request for comment, and Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
\n\nANTHROPIC'S IPO VALUATION UNDER SCRUTINY
\n\nReuters reported first in September that Anthropic posted a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, as part of a series of exclusives from its IPO prospectus.
\n\nThe company has benefited from…
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