Rumor: Claude Haiku 5.5 may slash prices ~10x to compete with DeepSeek and Luna
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-08
Bindu Reddy reports hearing rumors that Haiku 5.5 may cut prices by almost 10x, positioning it to compete with DeepSeek and Luna—"common man's intelligence has officially become too cheap to meter." Unconfirmed rumor, but it lines up with Cursor's note that Haiku 5.5 costs 10x less than Haiku 4.5 on short requests.
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