Show Notes
Today, I’m joined by Joey Brookhart, an analyst at the chip and AI research firm SemiAnalysis, to help me dig into the story inside the massive Anthropic IPO filing.
This isn’t just about a single company’s financials, or its lofty ambitions or frankly ludicrous risk factors, which include maybe automating every job or, you know, killing everyone. It’s also the clearest look yet at how the business of frontier AI actually works and who’s really paying for it.
Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.
Links:
Anthropic files for its IPO | The Verge
Five weird details from Anthropic’s IPO filing | The Verge
Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay | The Verge
Anthropic revenue jumps to $16.8B in quarter before IPO | Bloomberg
Anthropic raises concerns | Matt Levine
Anthropic reveals skyrocketing growth in IPO filing | NYT
The Anthropic IPO financials sneak peak | SemiAnalysis
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