AI tokens

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Apr 8, 2026 by Aaron Levie · across every show →

Everything said about AI tokens, oldest first

Apr 8, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Levie: Enterprise AI ROI will far surpass consumer use as tokens stay expensive
“The tokens are not going to be cheap anytime soon. And so the ROI on those tokens will just be much higher in the enterprise because it'll be, you know, generating something that is sort of, you know, impacts the GDP in some way.”
Aaron Levie Apr 8, 2026 ▶ 6:28 OpenAI vs. Anthropic's Direct Faceoff + Future of Agents — With Aaron Levie
May 15, 2026 neutral
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Dolen: PwC shut off internal teams over excessive AI token spending
“We've had that. We've had to like turn teams off who've spent too much money on tokens. You know, maybe it wasn't for all the right things. We're like watching what people are doing and going, wait a second, I don't think we want you to use AI for that. You kn…”
Dallas Dolen May 15, 2026 ▶ 7:58 PwC’s Dallas Dolen: AI Hardware’s Advantage, TokenMaxxing, Automation’s Impact
Jun 16, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Srinivasa: Token spend will eventually be way north of compute spend
“And sooner or later, I expect the cost of money, what I'm going to spending on tokens is going to be way north of what I'm spending on compute someday.”
Partha Srinivasa Jun 16, 2026 ▶ 1:12:07 Is Unstructured Data The Key To Successful AI Deployments?
Jun 17, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Enterprise Spend On AI Tokens Surged 15x Over 16 Months
“Since January, 20, 25 through May, 2026, so last month per business spend on AI tokens is up 15 X. And that's amongst firms that were already spending on AI.”
Ara Kharazian Jun 17, 2026 ▶ 17:50 AI Fact or Fiction: The Fable Ban, Tokenmaxxing, Saaspocolypse — With Ara Kharazian
Aug 12, 2026 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2032
Kedrosky: Token demand is unlikely to achieve 100M-fold growth in 6 years
“You have to see around a hundred million fold growth over the next six years in terms of tokens. Is it possible? Absolutely. It's possible. Is it likely? No, it's not likely, but it could happen.”
Paul Kedrosky Aug 12, 2026 ▶ 20:38 Why The AI Bubble Will Burst: The Most Logical Case — With Paul Kedrosky
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