# Fable 5's slow adoption suggests corporate willingness to pay for frontier AI has hit a ceiling

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/fable-5s-slow-adoption-suggests-corporate-willingness-to-pay-for-frontier-ai-has-hit-a-ceiling/>
> Published: 2026-08-13 10:46:20+00:00

Anthropic's Fable 5 is considered the most powerful AI model on the market, but U.S. companies are barely buying it. According to Ramp data, Fable 5 accounts for only six percent of Anthropic tokens sold. The model's steep price tag suggests corporate AI spending may have hit a ceiling, at least as long as performance gains don't translate into measurable everyday value.

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