Michael Burry says Anthropic would need 'supernormal' growth to meet its contractual commitments, and he will not seek an allocation in the upcoming IPO. By his calculation, total commitments are $1.05 trillion to $1.07 trillion, above the disclosed $895.4 billion, because the figure excludes contracts tied to AMD, Google and SpaceX. To cover projected payments of $101 billion in 2027, $112 billion in 2028 and $127 billion in 2029, the company would need 11.6% sequential monthly revenue growth through 2027. Q3 sales rose 47% sequentially, slowing from 144% in Q2 and 132% in Q1. He also notes that the $120.5 billion SpaceXAI contract is outside the S-1 obligation tables, so near-term spending over 12 months could exceed $100.8 billion rather than the reported $69.8 billion.
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