The Information reported on September 29 that Anthropic is removing usage-cap discounts of about 15 percent off listed model prices, as it prepares for an IPO. Reporting since has established the contrast: OpenAI has offered startups discounts as high as 40 percent and gave Replit 30 percent off a sizable contract. The discussion now centers on whether Anthropic's pricing holds as rivals discount more aggressively; the reporting does not say how customers are responding to the change.