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title: "The Day AI Budgets Vanished in 5.5 Months: 'Token Explosion' and the Redesign of Unit Economics in the Agent Era"
date: 2026-09-30
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description: "On September 29, 2026, two news stories broke with separate headlines. One reported that OpenAI's annual recurring revenue (ARR) was approaching $70 billion, with enterprise sales showing growth of ..."
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# The Day AI Budgets Vanished in 5.5 Months: 'Token Explosion' and the Redesign of Unit Economics in the Agent Era

On September 29, 2026, two news stories broke with separate headlines. One reported that OpenAI's annual recurring revenue (ARR) was approaching $70 billion, with enterprise sales showing growth of ...

*Published: 2026-09-30*