Chinese AI models from DeepSeek, Kimi, and Zhipu undercut OpenAI and Anthropic by up to 9x on workload costs, forcing US firms to consider major price cuts

OpenAI’s plan to slash the cost of using its AI tools for enterprise customers growing corporate concern about the cost of using AI tools.

The company might lower prices for tokens, the central unit for gauging AI costs, though the discussions are still in flux, the report added.