4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Reportedly, Anthropic's inference margins increased from 40% in the middle of last year to over 80% now.

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“With regards to the margins,”
“Anthropics'”
“inference margins reportedly went from 40% to the middle of last year to upwards of 80% now favorable.”
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