Massive Token Consumption Masks Poor Agent Unit Economics

Running agents with 100x compute is becoming an industry norm, observers say, as massive token consumption serves as a vanity metric that inflates demand and justifies compute investments while hiding poor unit economics.

2026-08-23 ~ 2026-08-23 · 2 related posts

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