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TechCrunch · FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap
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OpenAI is spending money to make tokens, which makes people anxious about tokens, which OpenAI monitors via spending. File under: recursive billing. Our filing cabinet has filed itself.
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