Anthropic cuts Claude Haiku 5.5 token prices; investor forecasts $100 billion ARR
A TMTPost report says Anthropic adjusted Claude 5.5 model pricing in October 2026, lowering Claude Haiku 5.5 standard input prices to $0.10 per million tokens and output prices to $0.50, a roughly 90% reduction from the previous generation. The report links the cuts to increased enterprise demand, particularly for AI coding and productivity tools. Atreides Management Chief Investment Officer Gavin Baker said on X that year-end ARR above $100 billion for Anthropic again appears possible.
The reported price cuts are part of a wider AI price-for-volume competition involving model usage and GPU rental costs, while the revenue projection comes from investor Gavin Baker.
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Anthropic降价引爆调用量,知名投资人:1000亿美元级年终ARR再成可能
10月27日,科技投资者、Atreides Management首席投资官Gavin Baker当地时间10月26日在X平台发帖称,Anthropic在10月下调模型Token价格后,其年度经常性收入(ARR)很可能呈“垂直爆发式”增长。Baker在推文中调侃称对此“感到震惊,绝对震惊”。
他同时点出当前AI市场的核心规律:Token价格下降带动调用量上升,进而推动GPU算力租赁价格大幅上涨。基于这一“降价涨租”的剪刀差现象,Baker称“1000亿美元以上的年终ARR看起来再次成为可能”。结合推文语境,这一判断指向Anthropic。
2026年10月,Anthropic对Claude 5.5系列模型进行价格调整。其中,Haiku 5.5的输入和输出单价较上一代明显下调,标准输入价格降至每百万Token 0.10美元、输出价格降至每百万Token 0.50美元,单价降幅约90%。降价策略迅速带动企业级客户,尤其是AI编程与办公工具的调用需求。目前,Anthropic已公开提交IPO招股书,市场对其实年底估值与营收规模抱有较高预期。AI大模型正加速步入“以价换量”的算力消耗战,底层算力稀缺性再次凸显。