OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after assembly with US Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.
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OpenAI is mulling sharp worth cuts to its synthetic intelligence choices, because it seems to woo shoppers away from rival Anthropic, the Wall Road Journal reported Wednesday night stateside, citing sources aware of the matter.
“The corporate is weighing vital cuts to what it prices for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence companies use to invoice for his or her merchandise,” the report stated, including that it was “in anticipation of comparable cuts the corporate expects at Anthropic,” in response to sources.
The ChatGPT producer, which didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s requests for remark, at the moment prices shoppers in tiered subscriptions of $8, $20 and $100 and above every month for entry to its flagship GPT-5.5 fashions.
Anthropic conversely prices customers $17 every month with an annual subscription to Claude Professional, and $100 and above month-to-month for a subscription to Claude Max.
The report on attainable worth cuts come as competitors has been ramping up between the 2 corporations.
OpenAI on Monday confidentially filed for an preliminary public providing with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee, shut on the heels of an IPO submitting from Anthropic.
Anthropic closed its Collection H funding spherical on Might 28 at a $965 billion valuation, barely edging out OpenAI, which was valued at $852 billion in March.
ChatGPT turned the primary app to achieve 1 billion month-to-month app customers in Might — roughly three years after its November 2022 launch — surpassing the earlier document set by Google Maps, which took round 5 years after launch to achieve the identical milestone, in response to estimates from market intelligence agency Sensor Tower.
Learn the total WSJ report right here.
