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Anthropic’s revenue passed OpenAI’s for the first time last quarter

WNWNIAI Newsroom20 August 2026 1 min read(updated 20 August 2026)

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Anthropic’s revenue passed OpenAI’s for the first time last quarter — illustrative image — Image: The Next Web

The Next Web reports that openAI grew more slowly than Anthropic last quarter, and for the first time its rival’s sales came in higher. OpenAI told investors its revenue rose 18 percent from the first quarter to the second, to $6.7bn, The Wall Street…

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.

Why it matters

AI changes can quickly flow into the tools Australians use at work and at home. The practical impact is whether this saves time, raises costs, or creates new risks that businesses need to manage.

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