Claude: Anthropic could charge the AI ​​according to the value of the answers

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A few cents to troubleshoot a computer, tens of millions of dollars for a pharmaceutical discovery. Dario Amodei, boss of Anthropic, imagines an AI billed according to the value of its responses. A reflection which takes on a new dimension following the publication, on Monday, of the company's financial results with a view to its IPO.

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In an interview given to Dwarkesh Patel's podcast in February, the manager explained that an AI advising to restart a Mac does not produce the same value as an AI capable of improving a molecule developed by a laboratory.

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He thus envisaged several economic models, in particular invoicing based on results or working time, like employees. A path that is still hypothetical, without concrete announcement or timetable.

Anthropic is not yet listed, but you can already invest in AI stocks on the stock market via an online broker.

Professional customers are in fact mainly billed according to the quantity of text analyzed or generated by the AI, measured in tokens. The more they use Claude, the more they pay, regardless of the real value of the answers obtained.

However, pricing based on results would raise several difficulties. How to measure the gains generated by a response? And how can we distinguish the contribution of AI from that of human teams?

This model could therefore be more suitable for certain specialized services than for systematic invoicing for each response.

The S-1 also reveals spectacular growth. Anthropic's revenue increased from $41 million in 2023 to $11.6 billion in the second quarter of 2026 alone, with operating profit of $974 million over this period. Over the entire first half, the company nevertheless posted an operating loss of $693 million.

The document also details hundreds of billions of dollars of commitments to computing infrastructure. Pricing based on the value produced could thus allow Anthropic to better monetize its models with its main customers. But there is no indication at this point that the company plans to abandon its current system.

Machine-translated from French