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“While its rush toward IPO was arguably driven by its anomalous second quarter, Anthropic has also realized that the music is stopping, and everybody is beginning to ask worrying questions about the underlying economics that I was asking years ago.”

Running Dry, paragraph 96.

Our reading:

While Anthropic's rush to IPO was arguably driven by its anomalous second quarter, Anthropic has also realized that the music is stopping, and everybody is beginning to ask worrying questions about AI's underlying economics that he was asking years ago.

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  • arguably (their words)

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Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry, paragraph 96.

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We read this wording on 2026-11-09. The post may have been edited after 2026-11-03.

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  • : Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry

    While its rush toward IPO was arguably driven by its anomalous second quarter, Anthropic has also realized that the music is stopping, and everybody is beginning to ask worrying questions about the underlying economics that I was asking years ago.

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    2026-11-03
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