Anthropic 向投资者称季度营收增长近50%,IPO前达到168亿美元
英文标题:Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO
英国《金融时报》报道称,Anthropic 在面向投资者的活动中披露,其2026年第三季度营收达到168亿美元,较第二季度的115亿美元增长近50%。该公司第三季度每投入1美元“计算能力”成本可获得1.70美元营收,剔除股票薪酬后的调整后营业利润率为11%。报道还称,其他AI实验室通过“蒸馏”Anthropic 模型带来的收入曾占其营收的5%至7%,但 Anthropic 已在第三季度大幅限制这一做法。这些数据为 Anthropic 潜在IPO前的增长速度、单位经济效益及模型使用治理提供了重要信号。
中文
2026年10月15日 - 链接博客
Anthropic 向投资者称季度营收增长近50%,IPO前达到168亿美元。在这篇报道 Anthropic 于周三举行投资者活动的《金融时报》文章中,“向投资者表示”(“told investors”)这一表述出现了四次。文中还有许多来自“知情人士”的细节。
我从文章中了解到的重点包括:
- 第一季度营收(1月/2月/3月)“约为48亿美元”
- 第二季度(4月/5月/6月)营收为115亿美元
- 第三季度(7月/8月/9月)营收为168亿美元
- 第三季度中,每花费1美元用于“计算能力”,可获得1.70美元营收
- 调整后营业利润率(不含股票薪酬)为11%
关于蒸馏的这一点值得完整引用如下(重点为我标注):
这家初创公司还收紧了对“蒸馏”(distillation)的限制——这是一种存在争议的做法,即竞争对手AI实验室利用更先进模型的输出训练自己的模型。
当竞争公司从 Anthropic 的模型中“蒸馏”自己的模型时,会涉及大量使用量和支出。
据四名直接知情人士称,Anthropic 周三向投资者表示,蒸馏占其营收的5%至7%,并且公司已在今年第三季度“大幅”削减了这类活动。
粗略计算表明,如果蒸馏在第二季度——即 Anthropic 在第三季度开始削减之前——占其营收的5%,那么未具名的“其他实验室”在该季度花费超过5亿美元来蒸馏 Anthropic 的模型!
另一个值得注意的点是:Anthropic 在与投资者的这些沟通中,似乎已不再依赖“年化营收运行率”(此前曾使用)这一指标。
English / 原文
15th October 2026 - Link Blog
Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO. The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from "people with knowledge of the matter".
Key things I learned from the article:
- Q1 revenue (Jan/Feb/Mar) was "about $4.8bn"
- Q2 (Apr/May/Jun) was $11.5bn
- Q3 (Jul/Aug/Sep) was $16.8bn
- In Q3: $1.70 in revenue for every $1 spent on "computing power"
- Adjusted operating margins (excluding stock-based compensation) were 11%
This point about distillation is worth quoting in full (highlight mine):
The start-up has also clamped down on “distillation” — a controversial practice whereby rival AI labs train their models on the outputs of more advanced ones.
When rival companies “distil” their models from Anthropic’s models, that involves heavy usage and spending.
Anthropic told investors on Wednesday distillation accounted for 5 per cent to 7 per cent of revenue and that they had cut it back “materially” in the third quarter of the year, said four people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Napkin maths says that if distillation was 5% of their Q2 revenue (before they cut it back in Q3) then unnamed "other labs" spent over half a billion dollars distilling Anthropic's models in that quarter!
Also notable: Anthropic appear to no longer be leaning on "annualized run-rate revenue" (previously) in these communications to their investors.