How much do you think emails cost? That number is just so far off?
But besides that, running SES is also quite a bit cheaper than SOTA ai models with high demand (and comparatively) no competition. And quite a bit more pressure to make money (soon).
https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/456500/daily-number-of-e...
Do you have any evidence that AWS doesn't offer volume discounts? I have seen plenty of evidence that they do.
Speaking to the subject of this sub-thread, there is pretty good evidence (Anthropic's own pricing page) that Anthropic also offers volume discounts on their API pricing. Five days hence, they have not taken down this language from their platform/API pricing page:
> For higher rate limits or custom pricing arrangements, contact the sales team.
> Volume discounts may be available for high-volume users. These are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
> Enterprise customers can contact sales for custom pricing.
Simon has ignored all of my comments arguing this point. That makes me reconsider his credibility: why won't he provide any evidence to support his assertion, or admit he may be wrong here?