Development

Token price indices appear for the major labs

development2026-06-17

Claim

Ornn launched token price indices for OpenAI and Anthropic and Microsoft began offering a cheap DeepSeek tier inside Copilot Cowork, pricing cognition by the token the way commodities are priced by the barrel.

Reporting date: 2026-06-17 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

Attribution and reporting linked by this record; links do not imply independent verification.

Welcome to June 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Knowledge graphopen in browser →

Reported in

Welcome to June 17, 2026

Actor

Evidence for

Supersedes

Nations are offered a way to co-train one shared model with local data

Referenced by

Cite or correct this record

Citation formatCitation text

Token price indices appear for the major labs
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-06-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-17-cognition-priced-like-crude
Claim: Ornn launched token price indices for OpenAI and Anthropic and Microsoft began offering a cheap DeepSeek tier inside Copilot Cowork, pricing cognition by the token the way commodities are priced by the barrel.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to June 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-17-2026
This citation does not imply independent verification of linked-source claims.

Suggest a correction — opens a GitHub draft for you to review and submit.