Purple Crib Studios — Blog

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 launched at 50% less cost than Fable 5. Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash is 100x cheaper. China's Moonshot AI matches US capabilities. Here's what these AI trends mean for your global business strategy in July 2026.

June 2026 marks a turning point in AI — the era of racing to build the biggest model is ending, and the race to ship real products is just beginning. Three mega-trends are reshaping how AI actually gets used: the chip market's violent correction, the shift from breakthroughs to deployment, and the rise of small, elite teams doing better work than massive R&D labs.