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NoClaude Code · 22 May 2026

Small companies just can’t afford the added cost of AI at the real price (and we aren’t even in the real price territory yet)

throwatdem12311 on Hacker News

In the thread “Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: High API costs and token limits make it unaffordable for small companies.

… My manager saw the bill and nearly fell out of his chair. Small companies just can’t afford the added cost of AI at the real price (and we aren’t even in the real price territory yet). Hell, even Microsoft is having trouble paying Anthropic’s API rates. …