Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Fortune
Fortune
Technology
Beatrice Nolan

Anthropic’s $30 trillion market size estimate shows how far AI’s funny numbers game has gone

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO. (Credit: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

If there’s one thing that AI companies are known for, it’s their fondness for seemingly incomprehensible numbers. Over the last few years, the industry has seen eye-watering salaries, unprecedented adoption figures, and never-before-recorded capital expenditure. Now come total addressable market estimates—known as TAMs—worth roughly 40% of the entire US equity market.

AI lab Anthropic, reportedly on the verge of a $2 trillion IPO, is preparing to tell investors that its total addressable market is worth more than $30 trillion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.