Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s CEO, is considering pricing AI based on the economic value of its answers, ranging from a few cents for technical assistance to several million dollars for a pharmaceutical breakthrough. The idea has not come with a concrete announcement or timetable, even though usage-based billing currently accounts for 80% of Anthropic’s revenue and subscriptions for 20% in the first half of 2026. Its initial public offering document reports revenue of $11.6 billion in the second quarter of 2026, operating income of $974 million for that quarter and an operating loss of $693 million for the first half. Result-based pricing would nevertheless raise questions about measuring the gains generated by AI and separating its contribution from that of human teams.
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