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Anthropic's AI Prices Falling, but Compute Expenses Rise
Anthropic's AI assistant Claude is becoming cheaper to use, with token prices reduced in new model versions. However, the company's computing expenses have increased, rising from $5.56 billion to $9.86 billion, a 77% increase. This means that for every dollar of revenue, Anthropic spent approximately 58 cents on compute and infrastructure, compared to 48 cents a quarter earlier. The $600 million decrease in revenue growth is attributed to price reductions and discounts, which offset revenue driven by higher usage. Anthropic also introduced cheaper models like Haiku 5.5 and Fable 5.1 to encourage more usage.