AI founder declares the 'era of token-maxxing is coming to an end'

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Pylon CEO Marty Kausas (not pictured) wrote that most people "aren't conscious of what they're spending" on AI.

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says neither SpaceX nor Anthropic is worth $1 trillion

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Michael Burry, investor of "The Big Short" fame.

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Tokenmaxxing is entering its efficiency-maxxing era

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A laptop with Claude Code AI stickers.
Anthropic's Claude Code has become one of the most popular AI coding tools.

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Amazon says it shut down a token leaderboard: 'Don't use AI just to use AI'

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

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The tokenmaxxing backlash has begun

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Uber COO Andrew Macdonald.
Uber COO Andrew Macdonald.

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry sounds the alarm on Nvidia stock and AI 'tokenmaxxing'

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Michael Burry
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" took aim at the "tokenmaxxing" trend.

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Sam Altman has a proposition for startup founders: AI tokens for equity

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Sam Altman said that OpenAI will offer Y Combinator's current batch an equity-for-tokens deal.

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OpenClaw's creator used $1.3 million worth of AI tokens in a month and people are freaking out

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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, who now works at OpenAI.
Peter Steinberger posted a $1.3 million monthly token bill, mostly for the development of OpenClaw. While his employer, OpenAI, foots the bill, it spawned a discussion about token spend.

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Consuming too much AI can be a bad idea. New data on 'tokenmaxxing' reveals a better approach.

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating champion Joey Chestnut eats an olive burgers before the Lugnuts game against the TinCaps at Jackson Field in Lansing. Chestnut set a record with 13 olive burgers eaten in 5 minutes.
Consuming too much is sometimes not good. Burger consumption is shown above. AI token consumption is discussed below.

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Internal Disney docs reveal how employees are using AI, from the top chatbots to estimated costs

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