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Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API pricing squeezes OpenAI and Anthropic as the AI price war heats up

Meta is entering the AI API business with Muse Spark 1.1 at prices that undercut even the dirt-cheap Grok 4.5, released just yesterday. At $4.25 per million output tokens, Meta charges a fraction of what Anthropic or OpenAI ask. For pure-play AI labs burning through billions, the pressure just got worse. The article Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API pricing squeezes OpenAI and Anthropic as the AI price war heats up appeared first on The Decoder.

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Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API pricing squeezes OpenAI and Anthropic as the AI price war heats up
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Published July 9, 2026 · Category: AI Briefing

Overview

Meta is entering the AI API business with Muse Spark 1.1 at prices that undercut even the dirt-cheap Grok 4.5, released just yesterday. At $4.25 per million output tokens, Meta charges a fraction of what Anthropic or OpenAI ask. For pure-play AI labs burning through billions, the pressure just got worse.

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The article Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API pricing squeezes OpenAI and Anthropic as the AI price war heats up appeared first on The Decoder.

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Originally published at the-decoder.com.

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