OpenAI undercutting Anthropic: DataCamp sees 80-90% cost drop, bank pays <$7/seat
iruletheworldmo · x · 2026-10-25
The poster worries about OpenAI: no visible path to profit and less focus than Dario's Anthropic — Claude has captured enterprise while the consumer app keeps improving.
The attached screenshot (The Information) adds hard numbers: DataCamp is negotiating to apply OpenAI's discount on top of already-cheaper models, expecting an "80% to 90% decrease in costs"; OpenAI also let a US bank with $7B+ assets double ChatGPT seats to 500 workers while keeping the $40,000 annual contract — under $7 per employee per year.
Related event: OpenAI's Deep Discounts Draw Skepticism Over Profit Path(2 posts)→
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