Re:Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (Potential) Unravelling
by crakhamster01 on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @11:15AM
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> I know personally the value the LLM adds to my workflow is considerably more than the $200/m I pay the frontier labs.
AFAIK the frontier labs make their money on enterprise, and they recently changed their terms so that most businesses can't use the $200/m plan anymore.
This is why companies like Uber - and mine :( - announced per employee AI budgets on the order of ~$1000/month.
When you're forced to pay API costs, the value prop of Kimi/Qwen becomes a lot more compelling.
AFAIK the frontier labs make their money on enterprise, and they recently changed their terms so that most businesses can't use the $200/m plan anymore.
This is why companies like Uber - and mine :( - announced per employee AI budgets on the order of ~$1000/month.
When you're forced to pay API costs, the value prop of Kimi/Qwen becomes a lot more compelling.