Edition No. 131 · Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Story 2 of 40

Anthropic S-1, The Cost of Compute, Who Is Paying?

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Ben Thompson finds Anthropic's core business very profitable but warns competition may eat the profits and investors face endless dilution.

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