mitsuhiko: API prices aren't pure Monopoly money — they anchor what companies actually pay
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-19
Continuing the thread with antirez, mitsuhiko notes API pricing can't be dismissed as Monopoly money: API prices serve as a strong industry anchor, and many companies pay within a few percentage points of them, making API pricing a real-world baseline for measuring AI usage cost.
Related event: antirez and mitsuhiko debate what API pricing really measures(2 posts)→
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