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How do AI platforms like Cursor get their model costs so low?

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I understand that AI platforms can provide models much cheaper than the raw API price. but I’m curious about external AI providers like Cursor, T3 Code, etc. Do they use the same public APIs or do they get special/volume discounts directly from the model providers? How does the economics of this ac…

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  1. 2026-08-30 21:24 · r/artificial
    How do AI platforms like Cursor get their model costs so low?

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