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TRUE, BUTMoved Ruler

Counted differently; gap unknown

The two companies don't even count revenue the same way, so nobody actually knows the real gap.

“Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion at the end of July 2026, overtaking OpenAI's reported $40 billion, framed in coverage as Anthropic surpassing OpenAI on revenue.”

Media framing (TechCrunch, CNBC, Axios, Neowin, Yahoo Finance) sourced to Bloomberg's report of what Anthropic told its own investors ahead of a planned IPO, 17 August 2026

Recorded 24 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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  1. 1Supports the claimtechcrunch.com ↗

    Meanwhile, rival OpenAI has doubled its revenue to $40 billion, up from $20 billion at the end of 2025, Bloomberg reported last week.

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  2. 2Contexttechcrunch.com ↗

    The two companies may calculate their revenue metrics differently, but Anthropic's growth rate has captivated investors far more than OpenAI's has.

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  3. 3Contradicts the claimaibusiness.vc ↗

    Anthropic books total end-customer spend through cloud resellers as revenue and books partner payouts as expense.

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  4. 4Contradicts the claimaibusiness.vc ↗

    That accounting difference means the top two aren't perfectly apples-to-apples.

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  5. 5Contextweb.archive.org ↗

    Approximately 85% of Anthropic's revenue comes from enterprise and developer customers.

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  6. 6Contextweb.archive.org ↗

    OpenAI's mix runs in the opposite direction, with roughly 85% tied to ChatGPT consumer subscriptions

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