Coinbase's CEO outlined 5 strategies to keep AI spend low without limiting tokens

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Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
Brian Armstrong outlined how he's planning to keep AI spending at Coinbase low.

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The AI metric one company says managers should stop caring about

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Using AI for its own sake shouldn't be the goal, Synthesia's HR leader said.

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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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