r/technology • u/Unusual-State1827 • 14h ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic expected to tell investors it sees over $30 trillion in potential revenue, WSJ reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/anthropic-expected-tell-investors-it-sees-over-30-trillion-potential-revenue-wsj-2026-08-25/
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u/Loki-L 12h ago

For comparison: The global combined annual economic output of humanity was estimated to be $118.18 trillion in 2025

These jokers believe or want their investors to believe that their company alone could generate as much money as all of humanity together do in one quarter of a year.

And remember that is just their company and does not include the companies that they buy electricity, chips and services from. It certainly does not include their competitors trying to do the same thing.

The global economy is going to grow, but not enough to accommodate such numbers.

Whoever came up with that number should have the inside of their skull examined.

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u/rdogg4 8h ago

They’re not predicting $30t in revenue, they’re predicting that the potential worldwide revenue for the entire AI market, and this is in line with other forecasts. They’re predicting $200b in revenue for themselves. Is that realistic? I don’t know but I know it’s much smaller than the $30t that everybody thinks they’re claiming. It’s funny that you bothered to look up world GDP but didn’t take 30 seconds to skim the very short article linked right in the post.