AI agents can burn through dollars fast, and product margins may vanish
yangyi · x · 2026-07-22
The post contrasts the dream of building productivity tools and agent teams with the reality of token costs.
- A simple document workflow can keep asking follow-up questions and burn through a few dollars fast.
- Multi-agent concurrency can make a single task cost more than ten dollars.
- The conclusion: product builders struggle to make margins, while course sellers may be the ones making money.
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