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Why the AI token economy is the next economic frontier
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When Stripe announced its planned acquisition of AI platform OpenRouter in August, CEO Patrick Collison called tokens the new “central currency” of AI. OpenRouter, which helps companies route AI queries across hundreds of models, was processing more than 10 trillion tokens per day when Stripe agreed…
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When Stripe announced its planned acquisition of AI platform OpenRouter in August, CEO Patrick Collison called tokens the new “central currency” of AI. OpenRouter, which helps companies route AI queries across hundreds of models, was processing more than 10 trillion tokens per day when Stripe agreed…
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