Times of India | OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 'accepts' clients telling him that 'My company spent my entire 2026 budget in Q1'; says: All of a sudden there is ...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told attendees at the “Intelligence at Work” event that many of the company’s customers are now worried about how quickly they are depleting their AI budgets, with some organisations spending their entire 2026 allocation in the first quarter. He said this shift from earlier optimism reflects the rapid rise in token consumption as AI tools become cheaper and more capable, leading to larger‑scale deployments that can sometimes cost more than human labor. Altman noted that while the company’s biggest client used around 100 000 tokens per month six‑and‑a‑half years ago, today its top users consume tens of billions of tokens monthly, illustrating a Jevons‑paradox‑type effect. In response, OpenAI is working on making its models more efficient so customers can gain more value for less spend, even as businesses across sectors grapple with balancing AI adoption against escalating operational costs.
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