Anthropic reaches $3 billion in annualized revenue

Meta to automate product risk reviews

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  • Anthropic reaches $3 billion in annualized revenue

  • Meta to automate product risk reviews

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Anthropic reaches $3 billion in annualized revenue

Anthropic has hit $3 billion in annualized revenue, tripling its run rate since December 2024. The San Francisco-based startup, backed by Alphabet and Amazon, is gaining traction among enterprise customers seeking AI tools for software development. Analysts noted that its rapid revenue climb positions it among the fastest-growing software-as-a-service companies, outpacing historical benchmarks like Snowflake. While OpenAI dominates the consumer space with ChatGPT, Anthropic is emerging as a leading enterprise AI provider.

Claude, its consumer-facing assistant, lags behind ChatGPT in traffic but contributes to overall revenue. Anthropic was recently valued at $61.4 billion following a $3.5 billion funding round.

Anthropic

Meta to automate product risk reviews

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta plans to automate up to 90% of product risk and privacy assessments for updates to apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, according to internal documents seen by NPR. The AI system will evaluate risks based on questionnaires completed by product teams and deliver instant decisions outlining potential harms and compliance requirements. This shift marks a major change from Meta’s current process, which relies heavily on human reviewers, as required under a 2012 FTC agreement. While the company says automation will streamline decision-making and improve consistency, critics warn it could raise the risk of harmful updates slipping through. Meta says it has invested over $8 billion in privacy initiatives and continues to combine technology with human oversight for complex or high-risk cases.

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