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By the way, one of the charts in the article shows that Opus 4.6 is 10x costlier than Kimi K2.5.

I thought there was no moat in AI? Even being 10x costlier, Anthropic still doesn't have enough compute to meet demand.

Those "AI has no moat" opinions are going to be so wrong so soon.

Claude Code Max obviously doesn't cost 10x more than Kimi. The article even confirms that you can get $5k worth of computer for $200 with Claude Code Max.

So no, Claude would not be getting NEARLY as much usage as it's currently getting if it weren't for the $100/$200 monthly subscription. You're comparing Kimi to the price that most people aren't paying.

API pricing.

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