"Our costs have more than tripled since November of 25. Between the inference cost that we pay AWS, which is ginormous, between our cost with Cursor, between Anthropic, we are just spending millions."
"The problem is that my costs are going up 3X every three months. My revenues are not."
"Thank you to the VCs who will fund this all-you-can-eat token consumption through their huge investments."
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya reports that his software startup 8090 has experienced AI costs tripling since November, with expenses projected to reach $10 million annually. The startup incurs substantial charges from AWS inference costs, Cursor, and Anthropic services. Palihapitiya's primary concern is the misalignment between rapidly escalating AI expenses and flat revenue growth, with costs increasing 3X every three months. He attributes the current system's viability to venture capital subsidies supporting AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Palihapitiya advocates migrating from expensive tools like Cursor to more cost-effective alternatives such as Anthropic's Claude Code, questioning the long-term sustainability of current AI pricing models.
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