Claude pegs Chinese API distillation spending at $50–100M a year, ~0.01% of US GDP growth
JasonBotterill · x · 2026-10-25
A circulating Claude response estimates Chinese distillation spending on OpenAI and Anthropic APIs at roughly $50–100M a year — about 0.0002% of US GDP and 0.01% of this year's US GDP growth.
The poster quips that Claude thinks roughly 0.01% of US GDP growth comes from Chinese users distilling through the API.
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