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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said U.S. companies are depleting 2026 budgets on OpenAI API tokens.
- He noted the cost issue was absent early 2026 but has become a huge concern.
- OpenAI’s top internal spender now uses about 100 billion tokens monthly, up from 100,000 six and a half years ago.
- OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger spent $1.3 million on OpenAI API tokens in a month, prompting Amazon, Uber and Microsoft to impose limits.
