{"slug": "anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds", "title": "Anthropic, OpenAI now bringing in more money than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined", "summary": "Anthropic and OpenAI are on track to generate a combined $120 billion in annual revenue, surpassing the projected $66.8 billion of Starbucks and McDonald's combined, according to data from AI investment research platform Funda. Anthropic, founded five years ago, is expected to bring in $71 billion, while OpenAI is forecast to have $49 billion in revenue, highlighting the rapid adoption of generative AI across corporate America.", "body_md": "# Anthropic, OpenAI now bringing in more money than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined\n\nSee more of our coverage in your search results.\n\n[Add The New York Post on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nypost.com)\n\nDo you want AIs with that?\n\nArtificial intelligence giants [Anthropic](https://nypost.com/2026/07/20/business/anthropics-1-5b-settlement-of-authors-ai-copyright-lawsuit-gets-greenlight/) and OpenAI are now generating more cash than McDonald’s or Starbucks — as the AI boom dwarfs traditional American corporate giants.\n\nAnthropic — maker of Claude AI — is on track to bring in $71 billion in the next year, with OpenAI expected to have $49 billion in annual revenue, [Axios reported](https://www.axios.com/2026/07/28/anthropic-openai-revenue-mcdonalds-starbucks-yum).\n\nAdvertisement\n\nStarbucks is forecast to generate $37.2 billion in the same time period, and McDonald’s is set to sell $29.6 billion worth of Big Macs and fries, according to a study that took data from AI investment research platform [Funda](https://funda.ai/).\n\nThe data shows that AI’s two largest brands are expected to generate almost as much revenue as McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Taco Bell and KFC parent company Yum Brands combined.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThe data shows just how colossal the AI spending boom is across corporate America — as companies invest hundreds of billions to modernize their operations and build AI into their workflow.\n\nAnthropic, which was founded only five years ago, has raised more than $100 billion, and was valued at $965 billion in May 2026, according to the [company’s own figures](https://www.anthropic.com/news/series-h).\n\nThe company has secured major commercial customers across finance, healthcare, and technology, while growing existing partnerships with cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, Reuters reported.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nOpenAI also recently expanded its ChatGPT Enterprise program, as well as signing agreements with businesses seeking AI-powered productivity software.\n\nStarbucks and McDonald’s both trace their history back decades, and have more than 80,000 worldwide locations combined.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nBut that appears to be no match for the astonishing speed at which businesses have adopted generative AI technologies.\n\n*With Post wires.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds", "canonical_source": "https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/business/anthropic-and-openai-making-more-revenue-than-mcdonalds-starbucks/", "published_at": "2026-07-29 19:16:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-29 19:30:19.617519+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Starbucks", "McDonald's", "Funda", "Amazon Web Services", "Google Cloud"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-openai-now-bringing-in-more-money-than-starbucks-and-mcdonalds.jsonld"}}