The Information: OpenAI gave Replit a discount of more than 30% and won a contract worth over $100 million a year after Anthropic did not renew its earlier discount
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According to the outlet, price drove the switch of model supplier in coding: OpenAI's discount decided the deal.
According to The Information (as relayed by AI Weekly; the original is behind a paywall), Replit moved most of its SI spending from Anthropic to OpenAI, which offered a discount of more than 30% on a deal worth over $100 million a year, while Anthropic, according to these reports, declined to extend the earlier discount without a larger spending commitment. The outlet paired this with Rippling data: OpenAI's share of its coding tasks rose from 16% in May to 52%, while Anthropic's fell from 57% to 18%. Replit CEO Amjad Masad said at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 16 that the decision came down to price, partnership and quality; according to TechCrunch, the partnership with Anthropic formally remains in place, and Replit's documentation still lists Claude models. Anthropic's position is not given in the materials read.
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