GPT-5.6 Sol pushes OpenAI revenue up 35% — can Anthropic hold its lead?
openai revenue surged 35% this quarter with gpt-5.6 sol, outpacing anthropic's 76% api growth with 82%. this threatens anthropic's recent lead as openai prepares to launch model astra.
openai generated a 35% revenue surge this quarter and 82% growth in business api spending after releasing gpt-5.6 sol on july 9. the performance exceeds anthropic's 76% api growth and counters the $11.6 billion revenue lead anthropic held over openai's $6.7 billion last quarter. enterprise adoption drove openai's recovery, with corporate revenue rising over 50% as open-weight models lost steam. with openai's astra model launching soon and rumors of an anthropic fable 5.1 response, the competition remains tight.