Explosive demand for AI tokens has forced tech firms into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market

Explosive demand for the foundational unit of AI processing has forced tech giants and startups into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market

It eats too many tokens doing exactly the "agentic" work that's supposed to justify the entire AI capex boom.

Explosive demand for AI tokens has forced tech firms into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market

Startup financing activity accelerated sharply in the first quarter of 2026, hitting multiyear highs in both deal count and total investment value