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The speaker says all of Anthropic's net-income loss in the year's first six months resulted from appreciation in its convertible notes, and that issuing straight equity rather than converts to Amazon and Google would have avoided the loss.
Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026
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“And so 100% of the loss in the first six months is just the value appreciation of their converts. If Anthropic never issued converts to Amazon and Google, just did straight equity, that loss would p- it wouldn't be there.”1:15:16Report a misattribution
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