OpenRouter slide shows token usage exploding as blended cost per token keeps falling
aniketmaurya · x · 2026-10-24
At an in-person event, aniketmaurya photographed a slide from OpenRouter's "State of Models 2026" deck, captioning it "Tokenmaxxing or valuemaxxing." The chart shows industry-wide token consumption going near-vertical since mid-2025 while blended average cost per token keeps dropping — apps are stacking tokens aggressively as inference gets cheaper.
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