DeepSeek has dramatically reduced the cost of AI inference, bringing expenses down to just cents per request. This development challenges existing pricing models in the AI industry and could make advanced AI capabilities more accessible to a wider range of businesses and applications.
Anthropic announced a run rate revenue of $47 billion, raised $65 billion in a Series H round, and achieved a post-money valuation of $965 billion.
Anthropic's run-rate revenue has hit $47 billion, up from $30 billion in April and $14 billion in February 2026, according to its $65B Series H filing. The annualized figures show extremely rapid growth, though some observers have expressed skepticism about the projections.
Simon Willison argues Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit through enterprise coding agents. Both companies shifted to API-based enterprise pricing, and recent models cost more. Stories of Uber blowing its AI budget and Microsoft canceling Claude Code licenses suggest customers are paying high prices for genuinely useful tools, making April 2026 a new revenue inflection point.