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Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input	Context	90 days
OA GPT-6 Astra OpenAI · flagship new 3 Sept	$10.00	$50.00	$1.00	1.05M	new	new 3 Sept
OA GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI · upper-mid output $30.00 → $20.00	$4.00	$20.00	$0.40	1.05M	-33%	output $30.00 → $20.00
A Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic · flagship cached $1.00 → $0.25	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	200k	-75%	cached $1.00 → $0.25
A Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic · mid held, rise to $3 / $15 cancelled	$2.00	$10.00	$0.20	200k	0%	held, rise to $3 / $15 cancelled
G Gemini 3.8 Flash Google · mid new 2 Sept, doubles 1 Jan 2027	$0.75	$3.75	$0.075	1.05M	new	new 2 Sept, doubles 1 Jan 2027
DS DeepSeek V4-Pro DeepSeek output $0.87 → $1.98	$0.66	$1.98	$0.022	1M	+128%	output $0.87 → $1.98

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Dave Hackett28 September 2026

Cheaper tokens, bigger bills. Why companies are moving to open-weight models

Imagine your AI bill goes from $1 million in January to $10 million in July. That is what happened to Tinder's AI spending this year, according to the Financial Times. It is an extreme example. But it shows a problem that I now see in many organisations.

At the weekend, the FT reported that corporate America is turning to lower-cost open-weight models to control IT costs. The shift is most visible in technology firms, but PNC Financial Services, CH Robinson and Siemens have also discussed open-weight models in recent weeks. Mentions of open-weight or open-source models on US earnings calls rose sixfold year on year in August and September, per AlphaSense data.

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