Anthropic's Claude Gets 75% Cheaper. Its $2 Trillion IPO Gets Called “Ridiculous”

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, pricing its newest model about 75% below Haiku 4.5 on average. The company continues to ship new models ahead of its highly anticipated IPO. However, New Constructs has called Anthropic’s planned listing the “most ridiculous IPO of 2026.” A Cheaper Claude Model Arrives 9 Days After Sonnet