The Hater's Guide to Anthropic

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Anthropic was founded in May 2021 by Dario Amodei and former OpenAI researchers, positioning itself as a 'safe' AI alternative.
Anthropic focuses on scaling AI models and alignment/safety, differentiating from OpenAI by prioritizing enterprise sales over free products.
Anthropic's Claude Code tool dominates coding LLMs, gaining traction among developers despite mixed efficiency claims.
Dario Amodei makes frequent, vague predictions about AI capabilities (e.g., surpassing Nobel laureates by 2026–2027) to attract media and funding.
Anthropic raised billions in funding (e.g., $30B in 2026) while operating at massive losses ($5.2B loss on $4.5B revenue).
Amodei manipulates media with fear-based narratives, suggesting AI will soon outpace humans while avoiding accountability for false predictions.
Training costs for AI models are unsustainable and perpetual, yet Anthropic plans to spend $100B on training over four years.
Anthropic’s financial metrics are misleading, with 'gross margins' based on model-specific revenue rather than overall profitability.
The company faces looming financial ruin due to unchecked spending on compute infrastructure (e.g., $30B on Azure, $21B on Google TPUs).
Amodei is criticized as a deceptive, media-savvy con artist, rivaling Sam Altman in hype-driven fundraising and lack of transparency.

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