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An Anthropic model that has not been released yet surfaced on Chinese API proxies before its launch.

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-07

An unreleased Anthropic model codenamed Oceanus appeared on Chinese API proxies before its official launch, with leaked pricing of $16/M input and $80/M output tokens—nearly three times more expensive than Claude Opus.

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Claims

  • An unreleased Anthropic model was discovered on Chinese API proxies before its official announcement.
  • The model is codenamed Oceanus.
  • Leaked pricing indicates $16/M input tokens and $80/M output tokens.
  • Oceanus pricing is reportedly nearly 3x higher than Claude Opus.
  • Oceanus belongs to a new model family or tier above current Claude offerings.

Key quotes

An Anthropic model that has not been released yet surfaced on Chinese API proxies before its launch.
per the leak, Oceanus is priced at an insane $16/M input and $80/M output tokens—nearly 3x more expensive than Claude Opus.