AI spend to grow 100x as open-source and frontier tokens find balance
imnotharsh · x · 2026-08-24
Atreides Management's Gavin Baker predicts a "Pareto optimal" balance between computationally efficient humans, cheaper open-source tokens, and frontier tokens. Internal AI spend is projected to grow 100x between March and August 2026, doubling monthly. The shift to consumption pricing for Grok Bot will likely cause a step-function increase in costs.
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