Palantir CEO Slams OpenAI Pricing: "Completely Wrong

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says OpenAI and Anthropic's token-based pricing model is "completely wrong." He argues that high inference costs are pushing businesses to use open-weight AI models instead. Karp told CNBC that companies are burning cash on per-token billing without clear returns on investment. He calls this trend "tokenmaxxing." This shift could change the economic structure of the entire AI industry. OpenAI recently raised its enterprise API pricing, while Anthropic also positions its product as premium. This is happening as open-weight alternatives from companies like Meta and Mistral are becoming more capable. The bottom line: businesses are looking for more cost-effective ways to use AI at scale.