Polu: AI model costs will fall, making heavy token usage profitable
Stanislas Polu · Secure, Private, Powerful: Dust’s Vision for Enterprise AI Agents | Stanislas Polu · Oct 11, 2023 · at 38:51
Stanislas Polu is co-founder and CEO of Dust. He explains why Dust absorbs AI model token costs for its paying customers rather than charging per token.
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“Because the cost will go down. So that's fine. Even if you're losing money today, you'll be winning some, I mean, earning some money tomorrow.”
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