Head of Growth (Anthropic): “Claude is growing itself at this point” | Amol Avasare

0:00A lot of companies claim to be the fastest growing companies of all time.

0:03Anthropic actually is.

0:04You guys were at a billion ARR at the start of 2025.

0:08The last number I've seen is 19 billion ARR.

0:11That's one to 19 billion dollars in 14 months.

0:14Historically, we were very much the smallest, least well-funded player in this space.

0:19We didn't have the free cash flow or the distribution of a meta or Google.

0:23We didn't have the first mover advantage of an open AI.

0:26It's a complete miracle that we've gotten to the stage that we have.

0:29Give us just a glimpse of what it's like to be leading growth inside of Anthropic.

0:33This is the hardest job I've had in my life to come into Anthropic.

0:37You need to understand that 50, 60, 70% of how you operate in the past, just throw it out the door.

0:41One of the cleverest growth moves you all made was this idea of importing memory from ChatGPT.

0:47Activation is a really big challenge in AI.

0:50We are starting to look at how do we automate growth.

0:53Our growth platform team is driving this effort called Cash, which is Claude Accelerates Sustainable Hypergrowth.