Anthropic posted — and then deleted — a job listing for a salesperson tasked with selling to Meta, its AI rival and one of its largest customers.

The listing, titled “Mega Account Executive, Meta,” appeared on Anthropic’s job board at a delicate moment for the companies’ relationship.

Meta still spends hundreds of millions of dollars a month as Anthropic’s customer, according to a recent New York Times report. But it’s also trying to reduce its reliance on Anthropic’s AI tools as Anthropic is shoring up its finances ahead of a massive initial public offering.

The post suggests Anthropic is betting Meta will remain a major customer even as Meta…