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Anthropic routed about $2.16 billion, or 47% of its 2025 sales, through cloud partners Amazon and Google, Reuters reports, citing the company’s IPO prospectus. Reuters also says Anthropic paid about $351 million in distribution fees.
Why it mattersThe figures show how much the AI company’s business depends on a small group of powerful technology partners. That is useful context for anyone watching the AI build-out: the race depends on cloud platforms as well as models, and those platforms take a cut.
Discuss: Does relying on Amazon and Google give Anthropic essential reach, or leave too much of its business in the hands of its cloud partners?
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Anthropic Watch Update What changedReuters says Amazon and Google are not just major sales channels for Anthropic: they are also investors, key computing suppliers and direct AI rivals. Anthropic’s prospectus warns that relying on a small group of partners could create conflicts of interest and affect its access to computing capacity.
The filing puts those commitments at $54.6 billion in non-cancellable hosting and computing obligations at the end of 2025. By early 2026, Reuters says, Anthropic’s total long-term commitments had risen above $417 billion, covering 3.5 gigawatts of dedicated computing capacity.
The prospectus also says Amazon and Google collected 60% of Anthropic’s $909 million in outstanding customer bills at the end of 2025, up from 42% in 2024. Reuters reports that Anthropic is seeking a valuation of about $2 trillion and plans to spend hundreds of billions in the coming years.
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- EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic IPO prospectus lays bare deep dependence on Big Tech partners - Reuters: Reuters reports that Anthropic’s IPO prospectus describes intertwined relationships with Amazon and Google, more than $417 billion in long-term commitments by early 2026, and other newly reported financial details.
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Anthropic Watch Update What changedReuters says Anthropic’s revenue rose twelvefold in 2025 to nearly $4.6 billion, while its operating losses more than doubled to more than $8 billion, citing the company’s IPO prospectus.
The prospectus puts about $3.8 billion of revenue down to customers paying for Claude by usage, compared with $789 million from subscriptions. The US accounted for nearly two-thirds of sales, Reuters reports.
The filing also says two unnamed customers each generated 12% of revenue last year, and warns that many major customers are not tied to long-term contracts and could cut or stop spending. Those figures add a sharper picture of the commercial risks behind Anthropic’s growth: revenue is rising fast, but a small number of customers and usage-driven sales carry their own uncertainties.
Sources and evidence
- EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic IPO prospectus lays bare deep dependence on Big Tech partners - Reuters: Reuters reports that Anthropic’s 2025 revenue nearly reached $4.6 billion after rising twelvefold, operating losses exceeded $8 billion, and two unnamed customers each accounted for 12% of revenue.
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