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Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 add 1M context window at standard pricing
Bay Area Times
March 16, 2026
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- Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 add 1M context at standard pricing
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1. Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 add 1M context window at standard pricing
Opus 4.6 scored 78.3% and Sonnet 4.6 65.1% on MRCR v2, vs. GPT-5.4 at 36.6% and Gemini 3.1 Pro at 25.9%:
Opus 4.6 is priced at $5/$25 per 1M input/output tokens and Sonnet 4.6 at $3/$15, vs. GPT-5.4’s $2.5/$15 and Gemini 3.1 Pro’s $2/$12 (≤200K tokens).
1M context is included in Claude Code for Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6.
No multiplier, meaning a 900K-token request is billed at the same per-token rate as a 9K request.
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3. Travis Kalanick renames CloudKitchens parent Atoms, targets worker robots
Atoms is expanding into robotics for mining and automotive transport.
The firm has effectively been in stealth for 8 years and has “thousands” of employees, Kalanick said.
Atoms is Kalanick’s next major venture after his departure from Uber.
Kalanick was also the largest investor in Pronto, a self-driving trucking startup.
4. Meta said to plan layoffs affecting 20%+ of workforce amid AI costs
Meta stock +3% in pre-market trading on Mon.:
