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OpenClaw creator burned through $1.3 million in OpenAI API tokens in a single month — bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests and 100 coding agents

AI coding tools are currently facing growing scrutiny over their cost economics. Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor are all competing aggressively for developer adoption, and all three subsidize inference costs well below API rates to attract and retain users. …

May 17, 2026 · Luke James

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r/hardware · u/self-fix2 · 2w ago

Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion

Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion

r/Anthropic · u/fortune · 2w ago

Elon Musk called Anthropic "evil" 3 months ago. Now he’s taking $4 billion to become its landlord

Three months ago, Elon Musk wrote on X that Anthropic was “evil,” “misanthropic,” and that the AI lab hated Western civilization. On Wednesday, he leased Anthropic one of his most valuable assets: the world’s biggest sup…

Hacker News · u/Snakes3727 · 5d ago

Ask HN: Company is rapidly cutting AI tool spend how to prep team?

Company I work for is now rapidly planning to scale down its AI tooling spend. Claude code access is basically getting removed and people are forbidden from using personal plans.Reasoning is cost apparently our monthly C…

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Hacker News · u/Robelkidin · 2w ago

Show HN: Token Usage Meter 12 Providers and Coding Agent

Here once again A Token Usage Meter for 12+ AI Providers Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Alibaba qween, Moonshot Kimi, MiniMax, ElevenLabs, Deepgram, Perplexity. Qlaud.ai provides token usage meter / AI billing layer. Also Ql…

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r/microsoft · u/ZGeekie · 1w ago

Microsoft executive reveals company spent over $100Bn on OpenAI partnership during Musk vs OpenAI trial

During testimony in the ongoing Elon Musk vs. OpenAI case, Microsoft executive Michael Wetter revealed that the company has spent more than $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI to date, including direct investment…