Quoting Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews
Anthropic calculates 'run-rate revenue' via a formula that may overstate true annualized sales.
“Use the last 28 days of sales from customers charged on a consumption basis and multiply it by 13.”
Reuters Breakingviews details how Anthropic defines run-rate revenue by annualizing its last 28 days of consumption-based sales (times 13) and adding annualized monthly subscriptions (times 12). The framing flags how aggressive annualization can inflate headline AI revenue figures, a recurring scrutiny point for fast-growing AI labs.