Anthropic, OpenAI Launch New Models in Price War

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Tuesday, and OpenAI followed within an hour with GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. OpenAI halved Luna's API price to $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens; Anthropic cut Opus 5.5 by 20% to $4/$20. Both firms are preparing IPOs, with Anthropic's possibly before year-end.