AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - No company in American history has ever grown like Anthropic
I have no clue if there's an AI bubble . I do know this: I went hunting for any company — in any industry, in any era — that has scaled organic revenue this quickly at this level as Anthropic. Couldn't find one. Not in tech. Not in oil. Not in wartime manufacturing. - Historically, many of America's biggest companies have grown through acquisitions or government contracts. This is customers lining up to buy. Try to wrap your head around this. The company announced last week that its run-rate (annualized) revenue has passed $30 billion — up from $19 billion in early March, and up from $9 billion at the end of 2025. Its main product, Claude, launched just over three years ago. The only ones to come close with an already established…