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Executive Interviews · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Executive Interview: Anthropic’s Amodei and Rao Make Their Pitch Ahead of the IPO

At a full-day investor event, the CEO and CFO presented Q3 figures that Axios called an AI bull case.

Executive Interview: Anthropic’s Amodei and Rao Make Their Pitch Ahead of the IPO

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and CFO Krishna Rao presented to investors at a full-day event at the company's San Francisco headquarters on October 14, CNBC reported, sharing third-quarter revenue of $16.8 billion ahead of an IPO planned for November. Axios called it an AI bull case, citing positive cash flow.

Reactions were mixed: one analyst called the growth "not what anyone wanted to see," and Fortune reported annualized revenue is now expected to fall short of the $100 billion mark investors had watched. The figures come from people familiar with the event and the Financial Times, not a filing.

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Source: Axios

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