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What makes you think the API costs are "the true price" and anywhere near their inference costs? Also what percentage of users do you think actually maxes out
by andxor 3mo ago
What makes you think the API costs are "the true price" and anywhere near their inference costs? Also what percentage of users do you think actually maxes out their subscription?
I suspect they're subsidizing a lot less than people think.
- alwillis 3mo ago> I suspect they're subsidizing a lot less than people think. Agreed.
- edg5000 3mo agoWe can look at openrouter GLM 5.2 prices I think to get a rough idea about the pure inference cost (with margin). They are probably running on simmilar hardware. Although scale helps Anthropic probably.
- solumunus 3mo agoWell they’ve claimed operational profitability on that, and probably aren’t lying as they’re about to IPO…
- rootatixww3 3mo agothere are many sources saying that Anthropic has 80% margin (profit) on API tokens