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Michael Burry is still shorting Palantir — and says Anthropic is the bigger AI winner

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Michael Burry is still shorting Palantir — and says Anthropic is the bigger AI winner Michael Burry, most famous for shorting the housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, said that ‘Anthropic is eating Palantir’s lunch’ in a now-deleted post on X (1)…
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  • 73.3% of new businesses choose Anthropic over OpenAI when they spend on AI for the first time

    60% confidence
  • Anthropic went from $9B to $30B in months, while it took Palantir 20 years to get to $5 billion

    60% confidence
  • Anthropic is taking 73% of all new enterprise spending per Ramp

    60% confidence
  • Anthropic's product is the easier, cheaper, intuitive solution for businesses

    60% confidence
  • Anthropic is eating Palantir's lunch

    60% confidence
  • OpenAI is the company with the most adopted model overall, with 34.4% of U.S. businesses having a paid subscription

    60% confidence
  • Palantir's government contracts are low margin and small

    60% confidence
  • Anthropic is in second place at 24.4% of U.S. businesses with paid subscriptions

    60% confidence
  • Burry has maintained put options on Palantir since fall 2025 and is not planning on selling them despite Trump's posts

    60% confidence

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Anthropic · new customer preference73.3 percent
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