# Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API pricing squeezes OpenAI and Anthropic as the AI price war heats up

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/metas-muse-spark-1-1-api-pricing-squeezes-openai-and-anthropic-as-the-ai-price-war-heats-up/>
> Published: 2026-07-09 16:58:44+00:00

Meta is entering the AI API business with Muse Spark 1.1 at prices that undercut even the dirt-cheap Grok 4.5, released just yesterday. At $4.25 per million output tokens, Meta charges a fraction of what Anthropic or OpenAI ask. For pure-play AI labs burning through billions, the pressure just got worse.

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