Anthropic’s revenue reached more than $11.5 billion in the second quarter, according to preliminary financial documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. This represented a surge of more than 14-fold compared to the same period in the previous year, when the company generated $787 million in revenue. The figure also marked a significant increase from the first quarter of 2026, when Anthropic posted $4.73 billion in revenue.
The Claude chatbot developer additionally achieved positive adjusted operating income during the second quarter, the documents indicated. Bloomberg noted that these figures remain preliminary and could be subject to revision. An Anthropic spokesperson had not provided comment at the time of reporting.
The substantial revenue growth reflects intense competition between Anthropic and OpenAI for corporate customers, with Anthropic gaining market traction among professionals using its software for various applications including coding tasks. The company had previously announced in May that its run-rate revenue had crossed $47 billion, representing growth from approximately $10 billion in total revenue for all of 2025.
Anthropric has been holding preliminary meetings with prospective investors regarding a potential initial public offering. These discussions, led by Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao, have remained at a high level without addressing specific financial data or company valuation, according to sources who spoke with CNBC. An IPO as soon as this fall could position Anthropic among the first major private artificial intelligence companies to enter public markets, potentially providing access to billions of dollars in additional capital for funding infrastructure costs, hardware acquisition, and data center development.
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