Why OpenAI and Anthropic Cut LLM Prices by Up to 80% in Months
Azer_pubes33 · reddit · 2026-10-26
A Reddit post links to minimaxir's blog analyzing why OpenAI and Anthropic slashed LLM prices by up to 80% within months. The accompanying chart (April 2026 = 100) shows usage soaring to 790.8 by September while spend only reached 342.7 and price per token fell to 43.3—usage grew nearly 8x as unit prices more than halved, illustrating the inference-cost deflation curve where price cuts drive explosive usage growth.
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