Do AI companies lose money on every token served? Krueger asks for accounting
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-17
David Krueger (Cambridge) asks: it's often claimed that AI companies currently lose money on every token they serve — is this true, and has anyone done the accounting? The question targets the core debate on inference costs, pricing, and margins.
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