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Business · Updated 25 Oct, 01:00 pm IST

OpenAI offering steep discounts to win Anthropic customers, per report

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Why it matters for readers: This shows how big AI firms compete for business not just with tech but by cutting prices to win customers.

  • OpenAI has offered discounts that prompted customers to move spending from Anthropic to OpenAI.1
  • Rippling increased OpenAI's share of its coding workload from 16% to 52% while Anthropic's share fell from 57% to 18%.1
  • Replit switched after receiving more than a 30% discount on a contract worth over $100 million per year, per the report.1
  • DataCamp's CEO said OpenAI's pricing cut that customer’s costs by about 80–90%.1
  • OpenAI says some price reductions come from more efficient models and infrastructure, citing its Sol and Luna model lines; Anthropic's growth reportedly slowed from Q2 to Q3.1

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