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I think their free tiers are by definition of loss leaders, but I think you're right, all of there offerings are loss leaders. I know I can get more from my $20 using Claude Pro than I can using their API Workbench. It is such a competitive space that I don't think its unrealistic for these companies to ever be cash positive because all cash they have needs to be spent on competing in this space.


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