▲ 1070 ▼ Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026 (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 days ago by panos@catodon.rocks to c/technology@lemmy.world 319 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago (2 children) As a selling point that they can deliver incredible ROI? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Well, no. In this case it's an indicator that their funding model has costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago They do a raise and give an investor 10% of the company (or more accurately a claim), the company receives 10 billion dollars (valuing the company at 100 billion) A year later the company is worth 1 trillion dollars. That investor's claim is now worth 100 billion dollars. And then the 90 billion is booked as a liability and so a loss. If they IPO, that 10% gets converted to shares. The liability is gone. Good for the investor. The startup needed the cash, so good for them. I'm sure they aren't crying that their company is valued at a trillion dollars. Should it be worth that much? That's different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Well, no. In this case it's an indicator that their funding model has costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago They do a raise and give an investor 10% of the company (or more accurately a claim), the company receives 10 billion dollars (valuing the company at 100 billion) A year later the company is worth 1 trillion dollars. That investor's claim is now worth 100 billion dollars. And then the 90 billion is booked as a liability and so a loss. If they IPO, that 10% gets converted to shares. The liability is gone. Good for the investor. The startup needed the cash, so good for them. I'm sure they aren't crying that their company is valued at a trillion dollars. Should it be worth that much? That's different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago They do a raise and give an investor 10% of the company (or more accurately a claim), the company receives 10 billion dollars (valuing the company at 100 billion) A year later the company is worth 1 trillion dollars. That investor's claim is now worth 100 billion dollars. And then the 90 billion is booked as a liability and so a loss. If they IPO, that 10% gets converted to shares. The liability is gone. Good for the investor. The startup needed the cash, so good for them. I'm sure they aren't crying that their company is valued at a trillion dollars. Should it be worth that much? That's different. permalink fedilink source parent