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According to a report by The Information, Replit has shifted most of its AI spending from Anthropic to OpenAI. OpenAI won Replit over with a model price discount of more than 30%, and the contract is worth over $100 million annually; Replit completed the code changes to switch away from Anthropic in just a few hours. The report also says that OpenAI, through methods such as free credits, engineers joining group chats for support, and doubled accounts, won over longtime Anthropic customers including Rippling and Atomicwork; in Rippling's coding work, the share of OpenAI models rose from 16% to 52%. Anthropic, meanwhile, cut API prices with the Opus 5.5 released on September 22, at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, and once again became the model provider with the highest customer spending on OpenRouter.
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OpenAI Uses Over 30% Discounts and Free Credits to Poach Anthropic Customers; Replit Annual Contract Exceeds $100 Million
According to The Information, OpenAI won over Replit with model price discounts of over 30%, with the contract valued at more than $100 million annually; Replit completed the code changes needed to switch from Anthropic in just a few hours. OpenAI also used methods such as free credits, engineers joining group chats for support, and account doubling to win over long-time Anthropic customers including Rippling and Atomicwork. In Rippling's programming work, the share of OpenAI models rose from 16% to 52%. Anthropic, meanwhile, lowered API prices for Opus 5.5 released on September 22, to $4 and $20 per million tokens for input and output respectively, and once again became the model provider with the highest customer spending on OpenRouter.
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OpenAI reportedly poached Anthropic customers with over 30% discounts and free credits; Replit contract worth over $100 million annually
According to The Information, OpenAI won over the U.S. AI coding platform Replit with model price discounts of more than 30%, and the contract is worth over $100 million annually. OpenAI also sought to win over longtime Anthropic customers such as Rippling and Atomicwork through methods including free credits, doubled accounts, and engineers joining group chats for support, while Anthropic lowered API prices when it released new models.
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