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If this is correct, Anthropic is not nearly as close to profitable as many folks seem to believe. Instead, it appears they relied on a huge (but presumably not perpetual) subsidy from Amazon.
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If this is correct, Anthropic is not nearly as close to profitable as many folks seem to believe. Instead, it appears they relied on a huge (but presumably not perpetual) subsidy from Amazon.
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