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8 pages- BlogOpen-Weight Models Are Driving Down the Cost of AIThe last few weeks have brought a lot of major developments in AI. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5, released on July 24, now narrowly tops the independent Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 61, ahead of its own Fable 5 at 60 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol at 59. Notably, Opus 5 reaches Fable-level intelligence at roughly half the blended token price. More interesting to us is how quickly the open-weight models are closing the performance gap, and how much cheaper they are. Read More/insights/open-weight-models-are-driving-down-the-cost-of-ai
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5, released July 24, scored 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ahead of Fable 5 at 60 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol at 59; it reaches Fable-level intelligence at about half the blended token price.
- BlogWhat We Heard in Our First InsurTech Open Office HoursLast week, we tried something new: open office hours. No formal agenda. No pitch decks required. No filter. First come, first served. Just 20-minute conversations with founders, operators, and people beginning to explore ideas across insurance. The prompt was simple: what would be useful to you?Read More/insights/what-we-heard-in-our-first-insurtech-open-office-hours
The company held 20-minute open office hours for founders, operators, and people exploring ideas across insurance, with no formal agenda or pitch decks.
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Explore ManchesterStory insights on InsurTech, FinTech, HealthTech and insurance innovation, with perspectives for founders, carriers, brokers and investors.
- ManchesterStory Launches Quarterly Newsletter: Know the Story/insights/manchesterstory-launches-quarterly-newsletter-know-the-story
Know the Story’s first issue is scheduled to be sent on June 23.
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