Anthropic’s revenue passes OpenAI’s for the first time, according to reporting that cites figures from OpenAI’s investors and data attributed to sources. Both outlets state that the comparison is for the second quarter.
OpenAI tells investors its revenue rises by 18% from the first quarter to the second, reaching $6.7 billion, while losses deepen over the same period. The Next Web and PYMNTS both reference The Wall Street Journal’s reporting that Anthropic’s sales come in higher than OpenAI’s in the second quarter.
While the outlets agree on the overall ranking shift and the broad direction of OpenAI’s financial trend, they do not provide the same level of detail on Anthropic’s exact revenue figure. The difference in emphasis is that The Next Web underscores OpenAI’s slower growth relative to Anthropic, while PYMNTS frames the event as a first-time “beat” in revenue.
