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Anthropic, OpenAI blow past Starbucks, McDonald's amid AI boom

AI giants are suddenly generating a lot more revenue than fast-food giants.

Anthropic, OpenAI blow past Starbucks, McDonald's amid AI boom

TL;DR

  • OpenAI and Anthropic are on track for an annual revenue rate of about $120 billion.
  • Both companies would rank in the Fortune 500's top 100 by revenue at these levels.
  • Anthropic's estimated $71 billion annual revenue would exceed the combined revenue of Starbucks and McDonald's.