OpenAI Slashes Prices to Poach Anthropic Customers as Margins Turn Sharply Negative

OpenAI is aggressively discounting its services to win over enterprise customers from rival Anthropic, a strategy that is accelerating both companies' margin pressures as the AI market intensifies. According to reporting from The Information, OpenAI has offered discounts reaching up to 40 percent or more to major customers evaluating Anthropic's Claude models, with some deals involving reductions as high as 80–90 percent in specific circumstances.