Stripe serves as a core payment provider for Anthropic.
According to the S-1 prospectus filed by Anthropic, payment processing fees in the first half of this year rose by $222 million compared with the same period last year.
As the business expands, payment processing costs tied to AI-related transactions are climbing rapidly.
This increase in spending is an important factor driving up Anthropic's overall operating and administrative expenses.
That increase exceeds the $205 million increment in professional services costs and is nearly on par with the $223 million rise in IT and cloud software costs over the same period.
Anthropic disclosed that costs from suppliers related to data quality and performance evaluation services rose by $251 million over the same period.
Typically, transaction fees grow in line with revenue; however, this set of figures also reveals another major expense category for Anthropic beyond AI infrastructure.
Anthropic is using the full suite of products provided by Stripe, including checkout, risk control and anti-fraud, and invoicing and billing management.
Stripe has now become a leading payment partner for AI companies, which is one of the drivers behind Stripe's significant cash growth last year.
However, recent job postings show that Anthropic is planning to develop its own billing, anti-fraud and other underlying financial systems, assessing which payment operations can be built internally in order to reduce its reliance on external service providers.
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