Countering AI Price Hike Fears, Model Provider Slashes Prices by up to 80%
sandersted · x · 2026-07-31
Addressing market fears that AI companies are subsidizing operations and will hike prices later, the author argues the opposite is true: the industry is making AI massively more efficient.
To back this up, they announced significant price cuts for their models, reducing Luna by 80% and Terra by 20%.
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