Anthropic Subscriptions Offer 5x+ More Value Than OpenAI
Subscription plans are still the primary way consumers and small businesses pay for AI.
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Key points
- For example, the goodwill engendered by OpenAI’s generous resets is partially responsible for the recent surge in Codex adoption and has forced Anthropic to repeatedly walk back planned subscription nerfs to avoid getting clobbered in the court of public opinion.
- Consider the following rough numbers for Anthropic.
- Subscriptions are even more important for OpenAI, as they make up a larger portion of their total revenue.
- In other words, if you want to accurately model AI lab financials, you need to understand their subscription limits.
Sources (1)
- [1]Anthropic Subscriptions Offer 5x+ More Value Than OpenAISemiAnalysis · Oct 5, 08:01 PM
Subscription plans are still the primary way consumers and small businesses pay for AI.
For example, the goodwill engendered by OpenAI’s generous resets is partially responsible for the recent surge in Codex adoption and has forced Anthropic to repeatedly walk back planned subscription nerfs to avoid getting clobbered in the court of public opinion.
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