Anthropic's crackdown on AI copycats may be hurting its revenue growth
Anthropic is experiencing a slowdown in revenue growth, which may be linked to its successful efforts to prevent rival AI companies from 'distilling' or copying its models. The company previously relied on these rival developers for a portion of its revenue.
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This highlights the tension between AI security and revenue models, as companies struggle to balance protecting intellectual property with maintaining rapid growth metrics.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Anthropic's revenue growth slowed in the third quarter. Some of its revenue has come from rivals distilling Anthropic models. Cracking down on distillation may have dented revenue growth recently. Anthropic's revenue growth slowed in the third quarter, disappointing some investors as the AI startup prepares to go public. There's an intriguing explanation for at least part of the slowdown: The company may be getting better at stopping rivals from stealing its AI secrets. Anthropic generated $16.8 billion in revenue during the third quarter, my colleague Stephen Council reported on Wednesday. While that's impressive growth by almost any standard, but it's a slowdown from earlier in the year. Here's where things get interesting. Anthropic told prospective investors this week that 5% to 7% of its revenue comes from something called distillation , The Information reported .
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