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Anthropic and OpenAI are widening the revenue gap between themselves and the rest of the AI startup field. A group of 34 leading startups in that sector, including Anthropic and OpenAI, is generating nearly $80 billion in annualized revenue, or $6.6 billion per month, from selling AI applications or access to the models that power such apps, according to The Information’s Generative AI Database. That’s up 112% from six months ago.

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on… Anthropic and OpenAI’s Share of AI Startup Revenues Rises to 89%
The key question is weather profit concentration follows the same pattern as this revenue concentration. Apple, Microsoft and Google all has declining margin cost, so scale drove profit concentration. I assume this will occur in these market, but this hasn't yet been the case (likely token price increases by OpenAI and Anthropic next year post IPO will help).
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This is a very balanced story. It shows the hope and the hype in an industry coming of age. July 4, 2026, is not far away. I'll be watching. If Taylor pulls it off? The great American Story. If he doesn't? Echoes of Nikola. I like X-Energy's odds a bit more.
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Experiencing this firsthand right now. Eight years ago, I paid a team ~$20K to build a prototype — architecture, schema, the works. Months of coordination, specs, and revisions. This weekend, I rebuilt a comparable version myself in two days. Same founder. Same product instincts. Radically different leverage. The builders who adapt to these tools are going to compound advantage very, very quickly.
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