Anthropic’s C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year

Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, said on Wednesday that his artificial intelligence company had planned for growing about 10 times as big this year, only to reach a growth rate that could make it 80 times as big this year instead.

Mr. Amodei, 43, made his remarks at Anthropic’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, where he and other executives gave a glimpse into the company’s plans. Anthropic is one of the world’s leading A.I. start-ups with its Claude chatbot and its popular A.I. coding tool, Claude Code, which people can pay to subscribe to. Last month, Anthropic said its annual revenue run rate had surpassed $30 billion, up from $9 billion at the end of 2025.

At the conference, Mr. Amodei said Anthropic had been overwhelmed by the rate of growth, which has increased the company’s need for computing power to deliver its A.I. products to customers.

“I hope that 80-times growth doesn’t continue because that’s just crazy and it’s too hard to handle,” Mr. Amodei said. “I’m hoping for some more normal numbers.”

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