Meta's Muse Code Agent: Undercuts OpenAI, Anthropic

Meta Platforms has launched a new AI coding agent called Muse Code. This new tool is priced significantly lower than competing products from Anthropic and OpenAI. Here's the thing: Muse Code offers an aggressive pricing option of just 20 cents per million output tokens. This is for users who share usage feedback with Meta. This pricing strategy positions Meta as a budget-friendly option in the market. Meta's AI chief, Alexandr Wang, highlighted this value, saying it's a good option for many workflows, especially regarding cost. Muse Code also performed well on the Terminal-Bench 2.1 benchmark, ranking second only to Anthropic's Claude Code Opus 5. It even beat OpenAI's Codex. What's interesting is that this launch comes after Meta's shares fell due to a lack of new details on cloud-computing plans. Wall Street wants to see Meta's AI spending translate into revenue. The bottom line: Meta is entering the AI coding tool market with aggressive pricing and strong initial performance, which could impact the competitive landscape for developers.