The 2023-2026 model price war — and why your cost model is already obsolete — step 3 of 8
Four startups, all shipped in 2023, all with real customers. By 2026 the model price curve has collapsed more than an order of magnitude (GPT-4 was $30/$60 per 1M; Haiku 4.5 is $1/$5).
Which startup's unit economics STILL work in 2026 — i.e. they benefitted from the price collapse instead of getting crushed by it?
⌘↵ runs the editor.read, then continue.
The 2023-2026 model price war — and why your cost model is already obsolete — step 3 of 8
Four startups, all shipped in 2023, all with real customers. By 2026 the model price curve has collapsed more than an order of magnitude (GPT-4 was $30/$60 per 1M; Haiku 4.5 is $1/$5).
Which startup's unit economics STILL work in 2026 — i.e. they benefitted from the price collapse instead of getting crushed by it?
⌘↵ runs the editor.read, then continue.