2h agoOpen Models Slash AI Agent Costs by 90% Versus Claude OpusH1 top authorOriginal postSYSydney Runkle@sydneyrunklewe're taking an early bet on open models specifically, because they're SO much cheaper one point of reference: an app outputting 10M tokens/day costs roughly $250/day on Opus 4.8 versus ~$24/day for MiniMax M3 that's about $82k annual difference 🤯6:23 AM · Jun 4, 2026SentimentSentimentPos100%Neg0%Users are happy to see the LangChain team's development of agents and models as open models slash AI agent costs by 90% versus Claude Opus.1 comment with sentiment. View comments.2 more postsRetweeted by Harrison Chase·2hView onRetweeted by Harrison Chase·53mView on