Tokenmaxxing debate: routers may accelerate open model revenue, says xeophon
xeophon · x · 2026-09-21
xeophon argues tokenmaxxing is mostly about products like Claude Code and Codex rather than open model usage; if anything it accelerates open model revenue, as routers become more important (see Databricks) and capture the high-revenue tokens.
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