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title: "Anthropic's \"Profitability\" Swindle"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-s-profitability-swindle-jgvwd3f1u
source_url: https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-profitability-swindle
type: article
source: "Where's Your Ed At"
published: 2026-05-21T17:11:51.869Z
updated: 2026-05-21T17:12:15.482Z
tags: ["llm", "anthropic"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Anthropic's "Profitability" Swindle

**[Where's Your Ed At](https://daily.dev/sources/wheresyoured)** · 11 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Ed Zitron argues that Anthropic's reported Q2 2026 operating profit is misleading. The profitability is based on non-GAAP EBITDA metrics during a period when Anthropic received a discounted rate on its SpaceX/Colossus compute deal, artificially suppressing costs. The author highlights contradictions between Anthropic's CFO's sworn court statement claiming revenues 'exceeding $5 billion to date' and the company's own leaked ARR figures and WSJ-reported quarterly revenues. Zitron contends that Anthropic's costs scale linearly with revenue, the profitability window is temporary, and the leak was timed to coincide with a funding round and NVIDIA earnings to sustain AI hype. He draws parallels to WeWork's creative accounting and calls on AI boosters to demand more transparent, GAAP-compliant financials.

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