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For a team of 5,000 engineers each consuming 500,000 tokens per day, monthly AI coding costs at GPT-4-tier pricing can easily exceed several million dollars
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
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Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Token Doomsday: The Industry Truth Behind AI Coding's Spiraling Costs
bilibili机器之心官方6/11/2026
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