Anthropic Revenue Hits $11.56 Billion in Second Quarter

Anthropic reported second-quarter revenue of $11.56 billion, representing a nearly 15-fold increase from the $787 million earned during the same period last year. This growth occurred alongside a rise in computing and infrastructure expenses, which climbed from $1.39 billion to $5.56 billion.

Revenue growth substantially outpaced these rising costs, demonstrating strong operating leverage for the AI developer. The company continues to operate in a compute-constrained environment where customer demand exceeds its available physical capacity.

To manage efficiency, the company reduced costs for specific tasks, including a 40% reduction per task for Claude Opus 5.5. Anthropic indicated that these cost reductions expand overall usage and market size rather than reducing demand.