TFTC on Nostr: The creator of OpenClaw spent $1.3 million in AI tokens in a single month. His ...
The creator of OpenClaw spent $1.3 million in AI tokens in a single month. His employer, OpenAI, foots the bill.
(steipete) says most of the spending goes toward developing OpenClaw. His daily spend was nearly $20,000.
"How would we build software in the future if tokens don't matter?"
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2026-05-18 17:02:04 UTCEvent JSON
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