Anthropic’s revenue continues to surge, shooting past OpenAI

Anthropic has surged past OpenAI in annualized recurring revenue, reaching an estimated $45 billion ARR compared to OpenAI’s $33 billion, according to The Information. The AI company’s revenue has quintupled from $9 billion at the end of 2025, widening its lead over its rival as both firms prepare for planned IPOs later this year.

Anthropic’s revenue continues to surge, shooting past OpenAI The drip, drip, drip of leaked financials from OpenAI and Anthropic is turning into a steady flow as the two AI giants jockey for position ahead of their planned IPOs later this year. The companies’ soaring valuations https://sherwood.news/tech/anthropic-in-talks-for-funding-at-a-valuation-as-high-as-950-billion-which-would-make-it-bigger-than-openai/ and annualized recurring revenue https://sherwood.news/tech/report-anthropic-is-catching-up-to-openai-on-track-for-usd9-billion-annual/ ARR have been running neck and neck for months, and The Information now reports that Anthropic is generating an estimated 35% more revenue than OpenAI. According to The Information’s reporting, Anthropic is close to a staggering $45 billion ARR, while OpenAI is at an estimated $33 billion ARR. Last month, Anthropic announced that its ARR had reached $30 billion https://sherwood.news/tech/anthropics-revenue-run-rate-just-topped-usd30-billion-thats-ahead-of-openai/ — tripling since the end of 2025. That put it ahead of OpenAI’s $24 billion ARR, which the ChatGPT maker reported at the end of March. Then last week it was reported that OpenAI held a $1 billion lead https://sherwood.news/tech/report-openais-q1-revenue-was-5-7-billion-beating-anthropic/ in Q1 revenue over Anthropic. That $45 billion ARR is a whopping 5x the $9 billion Anthropic reported at the end of 2025. According to The Information’s reporting, Anthropic is close to a staggering $45 billion ARR, while OpenAI is at an estimated $33 billion ARR. Last month, Anthropic announced that its ARR had reached $30 billion https://sherwood.news/tech/anthropics-revenue-run-rate-just-topped-usd30-billion-thats-ahead-of-openai/ — tripling since the end of 2025. That put it ahead of OpenAI’s $24 billion ARR, which the ChatGPT maker reported at the end of March. Then last week it was reported that OpenAI held a $1 billion lead https://sherwood.news/tech/report-openais-q1-revenue-was-5-7-billion-beating-anthropic/ in Q1 revenue over Anthropic. That $45 billion ARR is a whopping 5x the $9 billion Anthropic reported at the end of 2025.