Anthropic’s $30 trillion fantasy

· Gary Marcus · Aug. 26, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
Summary
In this blog post, Gary Marcus critiques the recent financial expectations set by Anthropic, comparing them to the lofty projections made by SpaceX in the past. He suggests that just as the tech world's initial views on SpaceX may have seemed exaggerated, so too are some of the financial fantasies concerning AI companies like Anthropic.