Epoch AI: OpenAI Coding-Agent Spend Doubles About Monthly, Compute Set to Soar
morqon · x · 2026-10-06
- Epoch AI fitted trends to OpenAI's published weekly coding-agent usage figures from January to mid-August 2026.
- Finding: spending on coding agents has been doubling roughly once a month.
- Commentators call this the most striking trend in AI right now — compute is about to skyrocket in price.
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