Anthropic becomes the 'Apple of AI' as it grabs most revenue despite being the most expensive
THE SO WHAT
If Anthropic is leading both token volume and spend despite premium pricing, enterprises are signaling they’ll pay for perceived safety, reliability, and capability. For builders, this tilts the game toward depth of model quality and governance guarantees over raw price-per-token races.
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