Anthropic beats OpenAI in business AI spending, but costs compute limits and pricing may flip the lead

Published on 14 May 2026

Its own success is triggering token shock at enterprises

For the first time, more U.S. businesses are paying for Anthropic’s Claude than for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to Ramp’s AI Index. Adoption jumped to 34.4% for Anthropic while OpenAI slipped to 32.3%. Yet Ramp flags three threats: runaway token costs, compute and reliability strain, and cheaper competition from open source and Codex.

Claude overtakes ChatGPT in business AI adoption for the first time
Anthropic’s revenue engine risks backlash from token and budget blowouts
Outages, rate limits, and image-token cost changes strain reliability
Open source and OpenAI Codex could erode Anthropic’s edge quickly

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Anthropic beats OpenAI in business AI spending, but costs compute limits and pricing may flip the lead

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