Agents burn 5x more tokens than humans, a16z predicts 2026 as the year of agents
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-08-23
Data from a16z reveals that AI agents now consume nearly 5x the tokens of human users, a figure that has grown 14x since February. With humans becoming the minority users of AI, this trend supports the prediction that 2026 will be the "year of agents," following 2025's focus on reasoning AI.
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