{"id":889726,"date":"2026-10-21T06:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889726\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:34:10","slug":"anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889726\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic books staggering $81B loss, warns of data center backlash as Amodei siblings draw modest salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic booked a staggering $80.7 billion net loss <\/a>in the first half of 2026 \u2014 mostly from accounting charges \u2014 as it warned that growing opposition to data centers could threaten its business.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco-based company, which is preparing for a blockbuster IPO<\/a> that could value it at as much as $2 trillion, voiced caution about the growing movement of anti-data center and anti-AI voters.<\/p>\n

Resistance to data centers has \u201cbecome more organized and coordinated across jurisdictions,\u201d Anthropic said in the filing viewed by the Wall Street Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n

The company, led by CEO Dario Amodei, said its high public profile \u201cmay draw particular attention to projects associated with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is preparing for a potential $2 trillion IPO even as the AI giant warns of mounting risks from opposition to data centers. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Anthropic said most of its data center capacity is located in the US, although it has signed letters of intent to develop additional facilities overseas. Domestically, recent months have seen public opinion souring on AI <\/a>and protests opposing data center construction.<\/p>\n

Lior Prosor, a partner at Deep33 Ventures, downplayed the likelihood that the backlash would derail Anthropic\u2019s IPO or impede its near-term growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cRisk the IPO? I don\u2019t think so,\u201d Prosor told The Post, explaining that data centers only now entering the permitting process wouldn\u2019t be operational before the second half of 2028.<\/p>\n

He nevertheless acknowledged that regulatory obstacles could become a more serious problem over the long term.<\/p>\n

Anthropic said it has sought more computing capacity than its major cloud partners were willing to provide.<\/p>\n

The company faces more than $600 billion in future cloud computing and chip-leasing costs, with deals under negotiation that could add another $150 billion, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n

Anthropic warned that growing resistance to data center construction could pose a threat to its rapidly expanding artificial intelligence business. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prosor said Anthropic is \u201ccertainly taking meaningful risks\u201d with its enormous computing commitments, even as surging demand for artificial intelligence has rewarded companies that secured capacity early.<\/p>\n

He argued that Anthropic should \u201craise as much capital as possible\u201d to weather potential setbacks as the market matures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not going to be straight up and to the right forever,\u201d Prosor warned.<\/p>\n

The first-half loss, up from $13 billion a year earlier, included roughly $72 billion in accounting charges tied to changes in the value of convertible notes and other financing instruments, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The $72 billion reflected changes in the value of convertible notes and other fundraising instruments.<\/p>\n

Anthropic fears its high public profile could attract added scrutiny from opponents of data center development, according to its draft IPO prospectus. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the siblings running Anthropic earned less in total compensation last year than the median CEO of an S&P 500 technology company, according to pay data cited by the Journal.<\/p>\n

Dario Amodei and his sister, company president Daniela Amodei, each drew a base salary of roughly $655,000 in 2025.<\/p>\n

But the siblings aren\u2019t exactly struggling.<\/p>\n

Stock and option awards boosted Dario\u2019s total compensation to about $18 million last year, while Daniela\u2019s pay package was valued at roughly $16.5 million, according to the filing.<\/p>\n

Their pay packages were roughly in line with median CEO compensation across the S&P 500, but fell short of the median for the index\u2019s technology companies, according to MyLogIQ data cited by the Journal.<\/p>\n

Anthropic President Daniela Amodei earned a base salary of roughly $655,000 in 2025, although equity awards brought her total compensation to about $16.5 million. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The siblings could also receive more equity if certain milestones are reached, the draft prospectus shows.<\/p>\n

Anthropic\u2019s co-founders have each pledged 80% of their stakes to philanthropy, while the company separately plans to commit 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, revenue surged to $16.3 billion in the first half of 2026, up from $1.1 billion a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Over the same stretch, computing and infrastructure expenses jumped to nearly $9 billion from $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Anthropic also warned that its business remains heavily dependent on a handful of large clients, with just two customers accounting for roughly one-fifth of its first-half revenue.<\/p>\n

The company expects a \u201csignificant portion\u201d of sales to continue coming from a \u201climited number of customers for the foreseeable future,\u201d according to the prospectus.<\/p>\n

Anthropic declined to comment to the Journal on the disclosures, which come as the AI giant prepares to tap public investors to help finance its ambitious expansion.<\/p>\n

The Post has sought comment from Anthropic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic booked a staggering $80.7 billion net loss in the first half of 2026 \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,184,181,507,28,6199,172,74,918],"class_list":["post-889726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-business","tag-ipo","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}