Holds roughly a 21% stake in Anthropic (from an $8B 2024 investment plus $5B added in 2026); booked a non-operating pre-tax gain of $53.4 billion in Q2 2026 earnings, primarily from marking its Anthropic stake to Anthropic's Series H valuation of $965 billion, representing about two-thirds of Amazon's Q2 pre-tax income.
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Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao
Stated under oath in March 2026 that revenues were 'exceeding $5 billion to date,' a figure critics say conflicts with separately leaked/announced ARR numbers, fueling scrutiny of Anthropic's disclosed metrics ahead of its IPO.
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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase
Investment banks reportedly working with Anthropic on its IPO process.
Rival cited in comparisons; annualized revenue run rate reported to exceed $40 billion versus Anthropic's higher figure, and OpenAI burned roughly $9 billion in 2025 with a projected $17 billion burn in 2026, contrasted with Anthropic's narrower losses.
Cited as a smaller cash-burning rival, with revenue reported around $450 million versus Anthropic's multi-billion-dollar quarterly figures.