Quoting Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews

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A quote from Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews explains how Anthropic calculates its run-rate revenue, using consumption-based and subscription-based figures.

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# A quote from Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/anthropic-run-rate/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/anthropic-run-rate/) 31st May 2026 > Anthropic defines “run\-rate revenue” in two parts\. Use the last 28 days of sales ⁠from customers charged on a consumption basis and multiply it by 13\. Then, multiply the monthly subscription take by 12, ​and add the two together\. —[Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews](https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/anthropic-gives-lesson-ai-revenue-hallucination-2026-03-10/),citing "a person familiar with the matter" Posted[31st May 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/)at 1:48 am ## Recent articles - [Claude Opus 4\.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/28/claude-opus-4-8/)\- 28th May 2026 - [I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product\-market fit](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/27/product-market-fit/)\- 27th May 2026 - [Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/encyclical-on-ai/)\- 25th May 2026 This is a**quotation**collected by Simon Willison, posted on[31st May 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/31/)\. [ai2,046](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai/)[anthropic289](https://simonwillison.net/tags/anthropic/)

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