Palantir CEO Alex Karp has slammed the token-based pricing of AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing businesses are wasting money without clear returns. Karp said companies are now moving away from simply buying more tokens and are instead focussing on whether their AI spending delivers a clear return on investment.

“This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me,” the billionaire cofounder remarked.

Karp says skyrocketing token costs are forcing companies to choose open weight models and prioritize efficiency over so-called tokenmaxxing