OpenAI reveals how much its researchers are spending on AI coding

Top AI spenders cut per-employee costs by nearly 10 percent in August

Top 1% spenders cut per-employee AI costs 9.7% in August as token prices drop 41%; Anthropic 43.8% vs OpenAI 39.8%. Companies restrict frontier models as standard alternatives prove sufficient; frontier token share fell 53% to 45%, signaling margin pressure.