Astra erodes Anthropic's lead as it reportedly weighs rushing out a new model
Six days after Dario Amodei called for the industry to slow down, Anthropic is reportedly considering speeding up a new model release as GPT-6 Astra cuts into its lead and OpenRouter spending on OpenAI models overtakes Anthropic's for the first time in over two and a half years.
six days after dario amodei wrote a 3,800 word essay calling for the entire industry to slow down, anthropic is reportedly considering rushing out a new model the reason is simple. gpt-6 astra ate into their lead. openrouter data shows developers spent more on openai models than anthropic's last week, the first time that's happened in over two and a half years so the same week the ceo is publicly warning about swarms of ai agents taking over the internet, his own company is weighing whether to speed up and ship something new to compete worth noting some investors don't even think this is necessary. anthropic's revenue run rate hit 65 billion by july, up from 9 billion at the end of last year, and they're still projecting close to 200 billion by 2028 they're also reportedly pushing their ipo past the november midterms now, on top of already delaying it once everyone says slow down. nobody actually wants to be the one who does