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Editing the tools array mid-session invalidates the entire Claude prompt cache. The mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01 beta replaces that edit with two content blocks, and the price gap between a cache read and
The price war we flagged in June arrived. On 30 July 2026 OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna by 80% and Terra by 20%, and gave Sol a faster mode. Here are the new numbers, the competitive backdrop with Anthropic, and how the cut
Anthropic gave Claude Enterprise admins real cost controls on July 2, 2026: org and per-user spend limits, budget alerts at 75% and 90%, an eight-endpoint Spend Limits Admin API, and Analytics exports into Datadog
Claude Sonnet 5 launched on June 30, 2026 at introductory $2/$10 pricing through August 31. On September 1 it moves to $3/$15, and a new tokenizer already counts about 30% more tokens for the same text. Here is the cost
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 matches near-Fable-5 intelligence at 26% lower cost per task. A guide to the coding-agent benchmarks, the token economics, and when Opus 5 should be your default.
Claude Opus 5 launched 24 July 2026 at unchanged $5/$25 per-million pricing, with a five-level effort parameter (low, medium, high, xhigh, max) that governs token spend across text, tool calls and thinking. Here is how
Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman launched Ode with Anthropic on 15 July 2026: 100 engineers, a $1.5 billion valuation, and a Claude-first delivery model. The launch prices the scarcest input in enterprise
Anthropic began showing rupee prices in India on July 13, 2026. Claude Pro lists at ₹2,000/month against $17 in the US. Most of that 24% gap is GST, not an India surcharge - and the plan-versus-API decision matters far
