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OpenRouter: OpenAI model spending surpasses Anthropic for first time since Feb 2024

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OpenRouter reported that in the week of September 7, users spent more on OpenAI's models than on Anthropic's, marking the first time this occurred since the week of February 26, 2024. The shift ends a streak of over 2.5 years where Anthropic led in weekly spending on the platform.

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    OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI's models than on Anthropic's in the week of September 7, the first time that happened since the week of February 26, 2024 (@openrouter)

    @openrouter : OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI's models than on Anthropic's in the week of September 7, the first time that happened since the week of February 26, 2024 — OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI models than on Anthropic models last week. This hasn't happened for more than 2.5 years

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