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Feb 6, 2026 - potentially the last day in history when humans consumed more tokens than agents.
This year has felt like a decade.
This year has felt like a decade.
Peter Walker
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Price per token has fallen dramatically in 2026
That’s true for both open-weight and closed-weight models. But the open-weight continues to be far lower on average
That’s true for both open-weight and closed-weight models. But the open-weight continues to be far lower on average
Spending growth from Sept to October on OpenRouter for models from the following labs:
Anthropic: +51%
DeepSeek: +28%
Google: +12%
Qwen: −1%
Zai: -2%
OpenAI: −8%
MiniMax: −15%
Month over month growth rates fluctuate wildly 😅
Anthropic: +51%
DeepSeek: +28%
Google: +12%
Qwen: −1%
Zai: -2%
OpenAI: −8%
MiniMax: −15%
Month over month growth rates fluctuate wildly 😅
Monthly AI report from OpenRouter.
Major stuff:
- Agents now use 75% of tokens
- Price per million tokens down at least 57% from Jan
- DeepSeek and Zai lead the charts in both token growth and spend growth since May
Major stuff:
- Agents now use 75% of tokens
- Price per million tokens down at least 57% from Jan
- DeepSeek and Zai lead the charts in both token growth and spend growth since May
Our October data recap covers token growth, agentic usage, token prices, model lab retention, and inference providers. Here's what stood out.
1/ October in tokens: 790T tokens, up 25x from January.View quoted post on X
A chart is worth a thousand words.
A chart with no y-axis is worth an indeterminate amount of words.
A chart with no y-axis is worth an indeterminate amount of words.
Sometimes you see a graph that stops you in your tracks
October makes September look like a rounding error 👀
Never seen anything like this in my decade as an investor…View quoted post on X
