Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026: Report

That compares to a ‌net loss of $13 billion during the same period a year earlier, ‌according to the report [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS AI startup Anthropic recorded ​a net loss of more than $80 billion ‌in the first half of this ​year, including $72 billion in accounting charges, the ⁠Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus.That compares to a ‌net loss of $13 billion during the same period a year earlier, ‌according to the report. Anthropic ‌did not ⁠immediately respond to a Reuters ⁠request for comment.The vast majority of this year’s net loss, $72 billion, resulted from accounting charges tied ​to changes in ‌the value of convertible notes and other instruments the company issued to raise funding, the Journal report said.The report comes ‌as investors sharpen scrutiny of AI companies’ ​finances as they pour money into chips, data centres and computing ⁠power needed to develop and operate increasingly powerful models.Anthropic’s third-quarter revenue rose 45% ‌to $16.8 billion from the previous quarter, Reuters reported last week, citing an investor who attended a pre-IPO meeting with Anthropic leadership in San Francisco.Reuters reported first in September that Anthropic posted a net loss ‌of $42 billion in 2025 and plans to ​spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming years.Revenue grew 12-fold ⁠in 2025 to nearly $4.6 billion, even as the ⁠company lost more than $8 billion on an operating basis, excluding writedowns ‌of various liabilities mostly tied to previous fundraising, Reuters has reported citing ​the documents. Published - October 21, 2026 11:37 am IST