Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying
THE SO WHAT
Frontier labs are being forced to sell not just tokens and tiers, but marginal ROI per workload. If you own a seven-figure AI budget, expect your board to ask for Anthropic-style transparency from every vendor—and build your own cost-to-outcome dashboards before they do.
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