RESEARCH
Research
Starfield research on AI models and infrastructure, with the data and method behind each number.
Model Watch
Prices and measured speed of AI models, read on a stated date, with the data and method linked.
- Model Watch #1: At $2 per million input tokens, output prices run from $6 to $10
Four paid models list $2.00 per million input tokens. Their output prices, read on 22 Oct 2026, are $6 at xAI and $10 at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.
Method and corrections
- Corrections log
Mistakes we found in Starfield research posts, charts and data files, what was wrong, and what we changed.
- How Model Watch gets its numbers
How Model Watch reads prices, what it leaves out, and what it covers today.