OpenAI and Anthropic face pricing pressure as Chinese AI models undercut costs by up to 9x

OpenAI and Anthropic face pricing pressure as Chinese AI models undercut costs by up to 9x

Chinese models (Zhipu, DeepSeek) cost $544–$1,071 per workload, 9x below Anthropic ($4,811) and OpenAI ($3,357). OpenAI and Anthropic are cutting token prices before IPOs, viewing Chinese competition as existential threat to margins.