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OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?

SteadyVane has taken 9 readings of OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few… since Oct 25, 2026: 26 upvotes at the first reading, 381 at the latest (+355). Its biggest one-day gain was +355 on Oct 26, 2026.

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381

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381

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first seen 16 h ago · last seen 45 min ago · published 18 h ago

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Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Oct 26, 2026	381	+355
Oct 25, 2026	26	0

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: October 26, 2026.

In the brief

OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna's price by 80%, and Anthropic's Opus 5.5 costs 20% less than Opus 5
Cheaper models mean old cost estimates need a second look.

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