--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "bb1a9f6210373c8d0ef7aa3bccf98333eb9c004dd79b19d07bcb44044f3971ab" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/bb1a9f62?lang=en" title: "Anthropic Reports 80% Gross Margin Surpassing OpenAI 33% Rate" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-14T19:01:28.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["anthropic","openai","funding","infra","business-model"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-reports-80percent-gross-margin-surpassing-openai-33percent-rat-31c5e89a","https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2099471633605943520","https://x.com/MaxForAI/status/2099550244342239326","https://x.com/danprimack/status/2099504842557239646","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2099504549555998836","https://x.com/DeItaone/status/2099503653568602496","https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/2099503503404392458","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2099319759980437764"] summary: "Gross margins at Anthropic exceed 80% before the company deducts revenue shares for distribution partners or costs for training its AI models. A Financial Times report states the startup disclosed these numbers ahead of a potential IPO. This specific metric removes the compute expenses for building models and the revenue split with partners such as Amazon from the calculation. OpenAI posted a 33% margin in 2025 and Microsoft Cloud reported 66% for fiscal year 2026. These figures use different accounting definitions and timeframes that make a direct comparison difficult. The reported margin focuses on gross revenue before the bills for cloud compute and distribution agencies are subtracted from the balance sheet." --- # Anthropic Reports 80% Gross Margin Surpassing OpenAI 33% Rate > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-14T19:01:28.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** anthropic, openai, funding, infra, business\-model ## Summary Gross margins at Anthropic exceed 80% before the company deducts revenue shares for distribution partners or costs for training its AI models\. A Financial Times report states the startup disclosed these numbers ahead of a potential IPO\. This specific metric removes the compute expenses for building models and the revenue split with partners such as Amazon from the calculation\. OpenAI posted a 33% margin in 2025 and Microsoft Cloud reported 66% for fiscal year 2026\. These figures use different accounting definitions and timeframes that make a direct comparison difficult\. The reported margin focuses on gross revenue before the bills for cloud compute and distribution agencies are subtracted from the balance sheet\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()