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Ask HN: Why aren't companies with unlimited AI tokens not crushing it?

1•taariqlewis•1h ago
I hear of software companies with unlimited Claude and Cursor subscriptions offered to their employees. But I am not reading stories of these companies with such massive token resources crushing their markets with either profit growth or revenue growth. Given that their token costs are effectively uncapped, why am I not reading of their growth on the other side of the PNL?I hear of companies with unlimited Claude and Cursor subscriptions, but I am not reading stories of these companies with such massive resources crushing their markets with either profit growth or revenue growth. Given that their What am I missing?

Comments

ardatasci•1h ago
token spend does not necessarily correlate with revenue
marciob•38m ago
if all them have 'unlimited AI tokens', then that isn't an edge anymore, it becomes just the 'basic', the baseline.

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