OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?

kept by eddie oct 26

OpenAI and Anthropic slashed LLM prices by up to 80% due to competition from open-weight models like DeepSeek and improved inference efficiency, despite nearing IPOs.

LLM Rankings | OpenRouter
OpenRouter ranks live LLM usage by tokens and spend, showing DeepSeek, Anthropic, and others dominating across general, agent, and code tasks.
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The Cost of Getting a Job Today
Requiring job candidates to pay for AI tools in hiring creates an unfair financial burden, and the author proposes lower‑cost alternatives to assess LLM skills.
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The Business of Building God - by Rohit Krishnan
Frontier AI labs' lead of 1-2 models is fragile; they must diversify or regulate to sustain profits as open-source and cost constraints erode their moat.
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Open-weight models from China are commoditizing AI capability, breaking the monopoly moat of US closed labs, prompting protectionist moves that will harm long-term US competitiveness.
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