McKinsey: multi-step agents burn 5-30x more tokens than chat
ingliguori · x · 2026-11-09
McKinsey's 2026 outlook reports that multi-step agents consume 5-30x more tokens than simple chat, making agentic AI a capacity decision as much as a software choice—companies must define which tasks justify the extra steps and compute. The report does not establish business returns.
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