Model params don't dictate price; OpenAI's frontier premium is about margin
xeophon · x · 2026-08-31
Countering the claim that "5x total params = 5x output price", the author argues that OpenAI's ability to charge a premium for frontier models is disconnected from total parameter counts. Instead, it is driven by their market power to increase margins.
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