Anthropic lost over $80 billion in first half of 2026, on track to spend $750 billion for computing capacity: Report

Anthropic, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup behind Claude, has reported a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of the year. The Wall Street ‌Journal, citing Anthropic’s S-1 form filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ahead of its initial public offering (IPO) also reported that the company signaled it could spend as much as $750 billion in ​the coming years to secure more computing capacity.

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