Anthropic Cuts AI Pricing in Half With Claude Opus 5 Launch Amid IPO Push
Key TakeawaysClaude Opus 5 debuts with pricing 50% below Fable 5 while maintaining competitive performanceThe new model exceeds Fable 5 in coding tasks and knowledge-based work according to internal benchmarksThe company submitted confidential IPO documents in June with plans to complete its public listing in 2026OpenAIs public offering timeline may extend to 2027 amid legal challenges including an Apple lawsuitChinese competitor Moonshot AI introduced Kimi K3, positioning it as equal to GPT-5.6 Sol and Fable 5 On Friday, Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5, positioning it as the companys highest-performing model in its most economical package yet. According to the firm, this latest release surpasses Fable 5 in both programming tasks and knowledge-intensive applications. Introducing Claude Opus 5. Its a thoughtful and proactive model that comes close to the frontier intelligence of Fable 5 at half the price. The pricing structure for Opus 5 stands at $5 for every million input tokens and $25 for every million output tokens. This represents a 50% reduction compared to Fable 5, positioning it as an appealing choice for organizations seeking to optimize their artificial intelligence expenditures. Anthropic markets Opus 5 as the solution “designed to be used every day.” Within the companys product hierarchy, it ranks beneath both Fable