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Anthropic faces AI spending backlash before IPO
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- Anthropic faces AI spending backlash before IPO Madison Mills Tue, June 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM GMT+7 2 min read ANTH.PVT Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios.
- Why it matters: Companies are Anthropic s biggest customers.
- Driving the news: Hours after Anthropic filed its pre-IPO paperwork, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that corporate concern over AI costs is "the most fair criticism of AI so far."
Anthropic faces AI spending backlash before IPO Madison Mills Tue, June 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM GMT+7 2 min read ANTH.PVT Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Anthropic filed paperwork to go public just as corporate America is entering its AI sticker shock phase.
Why it matters: Companies are Anthropic s biggest customers. If they dial down their AI spend, that could weaken the AI lab s revenue just as the it prepares to IPO.
Driving the news: Hours after Anthropic filed its pre-IPO paperwork, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that corporate concern over AI costs is "the most fair criticism of AI so far."
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