Why the rise of open source AI isn't hurting Anthropic yet
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Open source AI models like DeepSeek are handling far more total usage, but frontier models like Anthropic's still capture the majority of spending due to premium pricing. Expensive models drive early adoption, while cheaper open-source alternatives take over mature use cases — keeping frontier labs profitable despite growing open-source competition.
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