Incident2026-10-21

Peter Steinberger said he spent $10 million on AI tokens last month. He works at OpenAI and created OpenClaw. The cost was covered by investors. He spoke at Cloudflare Connect 2026 in San Francisco. He noted not all token use was productive. He suggested most people will soon have AI agents helping daily. He proposed using one agent to authorize another for security. OpenAI is reportedly accelerating funding ahead of Anthropic’s IPO.

  • $10 million in tokens spent in one month

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