{"id":19907,"date":"2026-07-28T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19907"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:12:52","slug":"anthropic-openai-blow-past-starbucks-mcdonalds-amid-ai-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19907","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic, OpenAI blow past Starbucks, McDonald&#039;s amid AI boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics.axios.com\/hermesv2\/2026-07-27-910-annual-revenue-of\/fallbacks\/2026-07-27-910-annual-revenue-of-fallback.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Data: Company reports, Funda via &#8220;Key Context&#8221;; Chart: Ben Berkowitz\/Axios<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/technology\/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a> revenue is accelerating so fast that it&#8217;s starting to dwarf some of the world&#8217;s most recognizable brands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>AI infrastructure spending forecasts in the trillions of dollars start to make at least a little more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/27\/debt-data-center-oracle-goole\" target=\"_blank\">sense<\/a> when investors see how they&#8217;re paying off.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>By the numbers: <\/strong>OpenAI and Anthropic, combined, are on track for an annual revenue rate of about $120 billion, &#8220;Key Context&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/taekim.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Substack<\/a> author Tae Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/firstadopter\/status\/2081709198526611613\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> on Monday, via data from AI investment research platform <a href=\"https:\/\/funda.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\">Funda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthropic makes up about 60% of that, given the company&#8217;s lead with corporate customers (a lead that OpenAI is working to shrink).<\/li>\n<li>Both would land in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/fortune500\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune 500&#8217;s<\/a> top 100 companies by revenue at those levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stunning stat: <\/strong>At around $71 billion in estimated annual revenue, Anthropic would best Starbucks ($37.2 billion) and McDonald&#8217;s ($26.9 billion) combined.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It would almost top both of them plus Taco Bell and KFC parent Yum Brands as well.<\/li>\n<li>Those international brands are 50 to 100 years old, with tens of thousands of locations and nearly universal recognition; Anthropic was just founded five years ago. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The bottom line: <\/strong>Who needs to eat out when Claude can just give you the recipe. <\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data: Company reports, Funda via &#8220;Key Context&#8221;; Chart: Ben Berkowitz\/Axios AI revenue is accelerating so fast that it&#8217;s starting to dwarf some of the world&#8217;s most recognizable brands. 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