AI: It's Business and Personal in OpenAI/Anthropic pricing battles. RTZ #1048

AI: It's Business and Personal in OpenAI/Anthropic pricing battles. RTZ #1048...AI Token pricing & supply at the heart of pre-IPO tariff tusslesMichael ParekhApr 06, 2026ShareMost of the time it’s both personal and business. Especially as one goes through the details in detail. Between sibling rivals, Anthropic and OpenAI I mean. I’ve discussed in detail how AI Tokens are the ‘Oil’ of the AI Era both here and in China. The core driver behind the AI Data Center and Power investment gambles and crunch, away in earnest this century. Now, the pricing battle over bundling AI tiers and tokens, are accelerating, with Anthropic curbing heavier users of OpenAI’s open source OpenClaw AI Agents on its ‘all you can eat’ pricing buffet. It’s an AI Tech Wave trend that’s worth understanding tactically and strategic thus far this year. Implicator lays out the basics in “Anthropic Cuts OpenClaw From Claude Subscriptions, Citing Unsustainable Compute Costs”:“Anthropic ends subscription-based OpenClaw access April 4, forcing users to pay-as-you-go API rates or buy extra usage bundles”“Heavy OpenClaw users ran up $1,000 to $5,000 in daily API-equivalent costs on $200/month Claude Max plans”“OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, now at OpenAI, accuses Anthropic of copying features before locking out open-source competitors”“Subscribers receive a one-time credit equal to their monthly plan cost, redeemable by April 17”“Anthropic announced Friday evening that Claude subscriptions will no longer c...