a16z Charts: AI Buildout Hits Skilled Labor Shortage as Token Demand Soars 27x

a16z's weekly charts highlight AI infrastructure bottlenecks: skilled labor shortage is pushing manufacturing wages up 10% for job switchers, while OpenRouter's weekly token volume has grown 27x in a year, with open-source models accounting for 72%.

2026-10-26 ~ 2026-10-26 · 2 related posts

• a16z: AI buildout hits skilled-labor bottleneck, job-switching factory workers get ~10% raises — a16z · 2026-10-26
• a16z: OpenRouter token demand up ~27x in a year, open-weight models now serve 72% — TheZachMueller · 2026-10-26