# Anthropic filed to go public bigger than OpenAI — and two more shifts for builders

> Source: <https://dev.to/danio_dev/anthropic-filed-to-go-public-bigger-than-openai-and-two-more-shifts-for-builders-360f>
> Published: 2026-06-12 13:00:00+00:00

AI's money is splitting in two right now: valuations are soaring into the trillions, while the cost of actually building keeps crashing. Three things landed for builders — and two of them you can act on today.

Here's the 2-minute video version if you want the quick pass first:

Anthropic filed a **confidential IPO** at a **965-billion-dollar valuation**, topping OpenAI for the first time after a 65-billion-dollar raise.

**Why it matters:** the labs you pay for every day are heading to the public market. That usually brings pressure on pricing and packaging — so it's worth keeping an eye on what happens to your subscription costs and rate limits.

Follow-up to DeepSeek's earlier discounting: it just made the **75% cut on its flagship V4-Pro permanent**.

**Why it matters:** frontier-grade coding just got about 4x cheaper, so it's a strong option to route bulk work to. One real caution though — it's a **Chinese-origin API**, so keep sensitive or proprietary code off it and reserve it for the work where that's not a concern.

**OpenCode** passed Cursor to become the most-used coding agent, with **172K-plus GitHub stars**.

**Why it matters:** pair OpenCode (free) with cheap DeepSeek (87 cents per million) and you've got a real dev setup **without paying for Claude's or OpenAI's top tiers**. That's the practical takeaway from today's two-sided move: the labs are worth a fortune, yet you can build for almost nothing.

*The money split two ways at once — valuations up, costs down. Watch today's full episode, or catch a new one every day on dani / AI News & Creative.*