Peter Yang argues that the model itself still matters

On October 26, 2026, when commenting on OpenRouter data, Peter Yang argued that the model itself still matters. He noted that since the release of Opus 5.5, the 7-day average token usage of Anthropic models has grown 3.6 times, and that Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 have also been well received. The next day, Rohan Paul reported, citing OpenRouter data, that Anthropic's 7-day average token usage rose from about 0.65T/day on September 22 to about 2.25T/day on October 24, roughly 3.5 times; the tweet also cited Gavin Baker as saying that after Anthropic lowered token prices, ARR may rise sharply in October, and noted that the AI market has also seen cases where GPU rents rose while token prices fell. At present, Peter Yang's view still centers on the importance of models, and subsequent reports have supplemented the usage growth data.

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   Peter Yang argues that the model itself still matters

   Source:Rohan Paul