Qualcomm CEO: Agentic AI Will Need 'Gazillions' of Tokens, Reshaping Software Economics
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-19
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon argues agentic AI will consume "gazillions" of tokens: chatbots spend tokens on language, while agents spend them on deciding, checking, calling tools, and revising plans — effectively running a process, not producing one answer. As SaaS rebuilds around human-agent interaction, every task becomes a chain of hidden micro-decisions consuming context, memory, and tool calls. The deeper shift is economic: software usage may be measured by machine reasoning spent per user rather than clicks or seats.
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