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>>ryanvo+(OP)
I’ll be honest, while I have my doubts about the match of interests and cohesion between an AI company and a JS runtime company I have to say this is the single best acquisition announcement blog post I’ve seen in 20 years or so.

Very direct, very plain and detailed. They cover all the bases about the why, the how, and what to expect. I really appreciate it.

Best of luck to the team and hopefully the new home will support them well.

>>andrew+P4
But how is another company that is also VC backed and losing money providing stability for Bun?

How long before we hear about “Our Amazing Journey”?

On the other hand, I would rather see someone like Bun have a successful exit where the founders seem to have started out with a passion project, got funding, built something out they were excited about and then exit than yet another AI company by non technical founders who were built with the sole purpose of getting funding and then exit.

>>raw_an+i8
Anthropic may be losing money, but a company with $7bn revenue run rate (https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-dario-amodei-americ...) is a whole lot healthier than a company with a revenue of 0.

>>simonw+29
If I had the cash, I could sell dollar bills for 50 cents and do a $7b run rate :)

>>tyingq+ue
Surely you understand the bet Anthropic is making, and why it's a bit different than selling dollars at a discount

>>mgfist+Sg
Maybe for those of us not-too-clever ones, what is the bet? Why is it different? Would be pretty great to have like a clear articulation of this!

>>beepbo+7y
The bet, (I would have thought) obviously, is that AI will be a huge part of humanity’s future, and that Anthropic will be able to get a big piece of that pie.

This is (I would have thought) obviously different from selling dollars for $0.50, which is a plan with zero probability of profit.

Edit: perhaps the question was meant to be about how Bun fits in? But the context of this sub-thread has veered to achieving a $7 billion revenue.