Baseten CEO says token volume grew 40x YoY while revenue grew ~10x in 12 months
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-21
Baseten CEO Tuhin Srivastava shared two numbers on the Sources Podcast (hosted by Alex Heath) that show how fast AI inference is exploding: token volume on the platform grew 40x year-over-year, while revenue grew roughly 10x in the last 12 months. Tokens growing faster than revenue underscores falling inference prices and a usage-driven market still expanding rapidly.
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