Published June 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
TechCrunch
Jun 6, 2026, 6:00 AM
The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs
"The whole conversation shifted from tokenmaxxing and 'go fast' to 'we need guardrails, how do we control this?'"
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