Where’s Ed: Anthropic Told Court $5 Billion But Public $19 Billion

i enjoyed the shots at the end but that last line was a absolute zinger!

Rao’s low revenue word choice matters here. He said “exceeding $5 billion” and not “nearly $6 billion,” not “approaching $6 billion.”

In a filing where Anthropic was trying to impress a federal court with its commercial scale, Rao is expected to use the biggest number he can. “Exceeding $5 billion” tells you his real figure is much closer to $5 billion than to $6.

Look, I have a genAI aversion as much as anyone on this community. But...

Is that what was stated in a federal court arguably true? I think so. Trying to define what someone is "expected" to achieve with a statement and using that as some kind of proof? That's too rich for my taste.