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>>ryanvo+(OP)
I don't get it. Why would Anthropic need to own a JS runtime?

>>yanis_+c4
Because they have a product that makes $1bn+ a year that depends on having a good, stable, cross-platform JS runtime.

>>simonw+z4
but they are a company that burns billions every year in losses and this seems like a pretty random acquisition.

Bun is the product that depends on providing that good, stable, cross-platform JS runtime and they were already doing a good job. Why would Anthropic's acquisition of them make them better at what they were already doing?

>>altman+G6
>but they are a company that burns billions every year in losses

No they don't.