Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows gross margins of around 85% in the first nine months of the year, a figure calculated without counting the cost of developing its models.
First nine months · Anthropic
Anthropic reports gross margins near 85%, before model development costs
The figure reflects how profitable it is to serve existing models to customers. It leaves out the large, recurring cost of building new frontier models, so it is a partial view of overall profitability.
~85%
Gross margin over the first nine months
~15%
Remaining share of revenue, going to direct costs of delivery
0
Model development costs counted in this margin
Where each dollar of revenue goes
Each block is about 5% of revenue. Column height is 100%.
■ Gross margin: ~85%
Left after direct costs of serving existing models
■ Cost of revenue: ~15%
Direct costs of delivering the product, such as compute
How the margin could shape pricing
Step 1
Serve existing models to customers
→
Step 2
Keep ~85% gross margin on that revenue
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Step 3
Absorb rising compute costs or cut prices to win users
Read with caution
A high margin is not the same as full profitability
Development costs for new models are excluded from the figure.
Companies define cost of revenue differently, so comparisons are limited.
The period covers only the first nine months and may not reflect full-year results.
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