Anthropic’ s Claude 4 advances safety-first AI with US $ 5bn revenue and 16M users as enterprise automation drives Constitutional AI development
THE FUTURE OF AI
ANTHROPIC
Anthropic’ s Claude 4 advances safety-first AI with US $ 5bn revenue and 16M users as enterprise automation drives Constitutional AI development
While competitors chase consumer markets and demonstrations, Anthropic has quietly built something different: an AI company focused on safety, enterprise reliability and what many consider the future of AI development.
The company’ s approach crystallised with the launch of Claude 4 in May 2025.
Claude Opus 4 is positioned as the“ best coding model in the world” and can autonomously work for nearly seven hours – a full corporate workday.
But Anthropic’ s models cover a shift towards AI systems that prioritise constitutional AI principles and interpretable behaviour.
Both Claude 4 models can use tools like web search during extended thinking, alternating between reasoning and tool use to improve responses.
More intriguingly, when given access to local files, Claude Opus 4 becomes skilled at creating and maintaining‘ memory files’ to store key information, unlocking better long-term task awareness.
Behind this technical progress lies CEO Dario Amodei’ s vision of AI’ s trajectory. He predicts AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs and boost unemployment to as much as 20 % within one to five years, while maintaining there’ s a 25 % chance AI development goes“ really badly.”
Yet Anthropic’ s business model suggests confidence in a different path forward.
The company hit US $ 5bn in annual recurring revenue by July 2025, up from US $ 1bn at the end of 2024, driven primarily by enterprise API usage rather than consumer subscriptions.
With over 300,000 business customers and large accounts growing nearly sevenfold in the past year, Anthropic demonstrates that safety-focused AI can be commercially compelling.
196 November 2025