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πŸ“ˆ Data to start your week: The cost of tokenmaxxing

Bye, bye fixed costs. Hello token anxiety.

Azeem Azhar and Hannah Petrovic
May 18, 2026
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This post originally appeared in Exponential View and was written by Azeem Azhar.

Hi all, happy Monday.

This week’s Monday edition looks at one of the fastest-growing, least predictable costs in the AI stack: tokens.

Let’s go!


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