No they wouldn't. They have tons of funding. They absolutely can and do absorb costs like this. Don't think anyone is ever gonna tell you precise numbers (and it also varies based on workload of course)...but this is literally the business model of AI providers.
They're goal (similar to Uber, DoorDash, Robin Hood, etc.) is to get mass adoption. Their business models only work at this kind of scale.
It's completely impossible to have consumers pay $20-60/mo and be a profitable business without mass adoption where some are not using it as much as others...and, perhaps more importantly, the masses put pressure on their employers to pay for their tooling. This is why pricing does not need to come down.
Quite literally I have engineers spending over $1,000/mo on Opus. That's the goal.
They're goal (similar to Uber, DoorDash, Robin Hood, etc.) is to get mass adoption. Their business models only work at this kind of scale.
It's completely impossible to have consumers pay $20-60/mo and be a profitable business without mass adoption where some are not using it as much as others...and, perhaps more importantly, the masses put pressure on their employers to pay for their tooling. This is why pricing does not need to come down.
Quite literally I have engineers spending over $1,000/mo on Opus. That's the goal.