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Anthropic's AI Is Getting Cheaper to Tap. That's Becoming a Problem for Its Business
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Anthropic is making Claude cheaper to use.
Key facts
- Meanwhile, compute and infrastructure expenses surged from $5.56 billion to $9.86 billion, an increase of roughly 77%
- Anthropic says Fable 5.1 reduced the cost of typical workloads by around 25%, while Opus 5.5 brought customers' cost per task down roughly 40% compared with Opus 5
- That means Anthropic spent roughly 58 cents on compute and infrastructure for every dollar of revenue, versus 48 cents a quarter earlier
- Claude Opus 5.5, which lowered token prices compared with Opus 5, was recently released, being more capable than any previous model, and sometimes even up to par against Fable
Summary
Price cuts and customer discounts reduced Anthropic's third-quarter revenue growth by roughly $600 million. Compute and infrastructure expenses jumped about 77%, compared with 47% revenue growth. The company swung to an operating loss, though short-term compute costs and a noncash charge complicate the picture. Anthropic said revenue growth from increased usage was "partially offset by a decrease of approximately $600 million from price reductions introduced as part of new model versions and contractual discounts," according to its amended SEC filing. Meanwhile, compute and infrastructure expenses surged from $5.56 billion to $9.86 billion, an increase of roughly 77%.