[darkwi11ow]

Afaik there is no proof Anthropic is profitable. This, and uv buyout by OpenAI only adds a risk to supply chains. In few years these companies can be overrun by open source models or startups delivering new hardware/software breakthrough in LLM. It is not like uv and bun are acquired by IBMs or Alphabets of today.

[wifipunk]

Wasn't it announced that Anthropic is having their first profitable quarter right now in Q2? From what I've personally seen it's all driven by enterprise adoption.

Open source/foreign models are already way cheaper and will work just fine for most use cases but a lot of businesses are already pretty locked in to Claude, and with enterprise costing $240 a year at a 20 seat minimum it's a pretty big investment to make and won't be worth migrating unless the gains are significant.

[robocat]

Commentary upon Anthropic's profitability propoganda: https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-profitability-swindle...

[refulgentis]

What happens if Anthropic and OpenAI shut down?

Is it different from the status quo prior?

[shimman]

No, the same thing always happens. The community latches onto a new project where all the effort is spent chasing previous gains, then they get bought out, and over time the same pattern appears.

At this point our industry would benefit from public investment in open source in the form of grants rather than relying on corporate benefactors to not rat fuck the commons.