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OpenClaw creator says he spent $10M in tokens last month

The creator of OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework, says he personally burned through roughly $10 million worth of AI tokens last month while developing and running the project. The figure has drawn attention as a striking example of the compute costs behind agentic AI applications, with commenters debating whether such spending is sustainable for open-source projects and what it says about the economics of running autonomous agents at scale.

Why now: The enormous token bill highlights the steep and often hidden compute costs of building and running AI agents, sparking debate about sustainability.

OpenClawPeter Steinberger

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