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Chamath warns token spending; Uber caps AI budget.

7/15/2026

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Chamath Palihapitiya warned that token spending, “tokenmaxxing,” could cause earnings misses because CEOs lack visibility.
He said his startup 8090 may spend $10 million on AI tokens and that Meta/Google models are 80-95 % as good as premium.
Uber’s CTO said the firm exhausted its AI budget and capped spending at $1,500, while Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri shut down “silly things” and Meta’s CTO warned token use is not a metric.

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Chamath Palihapitiya warned that token spending, “tokenmaxxing,” could cause earnings misses because CEOs lack visibility.
He said his startup 8090 may spend $10 million on AI tokens and that Meta/Google models are 80-95 % as good as premium.
Uber’s CTO said the firm exhausted its AI budget and capped spending at $1,500, while Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri shut down “silly things” and Meta’s CTO warned token use is not a metric.