Anthropic’s cheaper Opus arrives weeks before its IPO
THE SO WHAT
Frontier capability is getting repriced down just as Anthropic heads into the public markets—$4 / $20 per million tokens for Opus 5.5 with Fable-like performance compresses the premium tier. If you’re paying legacy Opus 5 or equivalent rates, you now have direct leverage to renegotiate or re-benchmark your stack.
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