Harrison Rolfes

“By Harrison Rolfes, Senior Research Analyst”

“That could give OpenAI an advantage by letting it observe Anthropic's disclosures and adjust its own approach accordingly, ultimately working in OpenAI's favor.”

“OpenAI is going public as the most expensive AI company in its peer group—not by market cap, but by what investors are paying for each unit of business quality.”

“"Had Musk won, Altman could have been pushed out of OpenAI again, just as he was in 2023... Instead, OpenAI can keep expanding without the immediate threat of Musk forcing changes through the courts." — Harrison Rolfes, PitchBook analyst”

“Claude Code drove a lot of that, pulling enterprise developers into workflows that then expanded into department-wide contracts at 140%+ net retention.”

“Investors are paying roughly 1.8 times more per equity dollar deployed into Anthropic, and that gap has been widening for two consecutive rounds.”

“OpenAI removed all the overhangs Anthropic was built without. OpenAI is definitely racing to look more like Anthropic. An IPO seems more likely, but they still have to tighten loose ends.”