OpenAI's Price Cuts Echo Buffett's Textile Industry Trap
doodlestein · x · 2026-07-31
OpenAI announced it is passing on efficiency gains from GPT-5.6 Sol to customers via lower API prices and faster performance. However, an analyst points out that this competitive pressure to pass savings to customers rather than banking them as margin to cover massive training costs mirrors Warren Buffett's 1985 remarks on the domestic textile industry, where efficiency gains ultimately benefited consumers, not the businesses.
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