Sgt_choke_n_stroke comments on Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 144 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I feel like this is fake company and they are spreading this to cook the books.

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[–] mPony@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

If it isn't a fake company I'd be shocked. It's not like there's a whole lot of external accountability in the entire business model.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

considering i read a good article about axios editors inside trading the iran war, this makes sense it appears axios is the source of this https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs, article about axios https://www.salon.com/2026/05/09/axios-accused-of-market-manipulation-with-iran-reporting/

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

"Sorry Shareholders. We have $500M in bad debt to Anthropic. So now we're liquidating and your shares are worthless."

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 5 months ago

Cook the books by claiming $500 million in profits? That's a lot of tax money and a lot to risk over just keeping investors happy for a short amount of time.

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