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Topic: AI pricing

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Explore our coverage of AI pricing — 16 curated articles, summaries, and related resources from the Inblix archive.

Alibaba uncages Qwen-Max as DeepSeek V4-Flash lands at $0.14 per million tokens — Inblix summary
Industry

Alibaba uncages Qwen-Max as DeepSeek V4-Flash lands at $0.14 per million tokens

The Register AI · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read

The gloves are off in China's AI model race. Alibaba just released Qwen-Max—its most capable model—as open source, endi...

DeepSeek's V4 Flash matches GPT-5.6 Luna for 60% less, thanks to a 98% cache trick — Inblix summary
AI News

DeepSeek's V4 Flash matches GPT-5.6 Luna for 60% less, thanks to a 98% cache trick

The Decoder · Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read

DeepSeek just dropped V4 Flash "0731" and the numbers make OpenAI's recent price cuts look timid. The Artificial Analys...

GPT-5.6 Luna gets 80% price cut as OpenAI hits 1B users and chases abundance — Inblix summary
Product

GPT-5.6 Luna gets 80% price cut as OpenAI hits 1B users and chases abundance

OpenAI Blog · Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read

OpenAI just made its most aggressive pricing move yet, slashing the cost of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80 percent to $0.20 per mil...

Databricks exec: Enterprise AI security in 2026 still isn't where it needs to be — Inblix summary
Startups

Databricks exec: Enterprise AI security in 2026 still isn't where it needs to be

TechCrunch AI · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is dragging the AI conversation out of the demo room and into the boardroom. The AI Stage, runn...

Kimi K3 hits near-frontier performance, but the era of dirt-cheap Chinese AI is over — Inblix summary
AI News

Kimi K3 hits near-frontier performance, but the era of dirt-cheap Chinese AI is over

The Decoder · Jul 17, 2026 · 3 min read

The era of surprisingly cheap, high-performance Chinese AI models might be coming to an end. Kimi's new K3 model is a m...

DeepSeek seeks $71B valuation weeks after $7B raise — Inblix summary
AI News

DeepSeek seeks $71B valuation weeks after $7B raise

The Decoder · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read

DeepSeek is already back for more. The Hangzhou-based AI lab is in early talks with investors for a new round at a $71...

Claude finally gets rupee pricing in India, but misses the UPI train — Inblix summary
Startups

Claude finally gets rupee pricing in India, but misses the UPI train

TechCrunch AI · Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic is no longer asking its Indian users to do mental math on dollar conversions. The company has started rolling...

Grok 4.5: Cheap AI That Holds Its Own — Inblix summary
AI News

Grok 4.5: Cheap AI That Holds Its Own

The Decoder · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 min read

xAI just dropped Grok 4.5, and its pricing is aggressively low: $2 per million input tokens versus $10-$50 for rivals l...

Anthropic's Opus 5 drops at half the price — and it won't hoard your data — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic's Opus 5 drops at half the price — and it won't hoard your data

The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made a move that's going to force every other AI lab to squirm. Opus 5 is here, and it costs exactly hal...

Anthropic's Opus 5 slashes price in half, drops data retention requirement — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic's Opus 5 slashes price in half, drops data retention requirement

The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made a move that should have competitors rethinking their pricing sheets. The company debuted Opus 5, a...

Anthropic slashes Opus 5 price by 50% and drops a key privacy requirement — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic slashes Opus 5 price by 50% and drops a key privacy requirement

The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made a move that's part pricing strategy and part privacy olive branch. The company debuted Opus 5, a ne...

Anthropic slashes Opus 5 price by 50% and drops data retention requirement — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic slashes Opus 5 price by 50% and drops data retention requirement

The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made a move that feels less like a pricing update and more like a competitive shiv. The company debuted...

Anthropic's Opus 5 undercuts Fable by 50% and drops a controversial data policy — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic's Opus 5 undercuts Fable by 50% and drops a controversial data policy

The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made its most aggressive pricing move yet. Opus 5, the latest iteration of its flagship model, launched...

Anthropic's Opus 5 cuts price in half, ditches mandatory data retention — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic's Opus 5 cuts price in half, ditches mandatory data retention

The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just made its most capable model a lot cheaper and a lot more private. Opus 5, the latest iteration of the co...

Anthropic's Opus 5 undercuts Fable sibling by 50%, skips data retention — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic's Opus 5 undercuts Fable sibling by 50%, skips data retention

The Register AI · Apr 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic just shook up its pricing strategy in a way that demands attention. The company quietly debuted Opus 5, and t...

Anthropic cuts Opus 5 price in half and drops mandatory data retention — Inblix summary
Industry

Anthropic cuts Opus 5 price in half and drops mandatory data retention

The Register AI · Apr 27, 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic made a pair of moves this week that signal a sharpening fight for enterprise wallets. The company cut the pri...