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Rohan Paul· @rohanpaul_ai · X· 2026-11-05 18:55 · Original publication time AI score53

Menlo Ventures: Open-source model token use rises 22.5-fold as spending share falls to 4%Machine translation

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A Menlo Ventures report says open-source model token use grew 22.5-fold, while its price fell to $0.13 per million tokens, about one-fifth of the $0.70 for closed models. Its share of spending fell from 6% to 4%.

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Open-source is winning work by getting cheap faster than it gains volume:

its token use grew 22.5x, but its price fell to $0.13 per million, about 5x below closed models’ $0.70, so its share of spending actually slipped from 6% to 4%.

Menlo Ventures Report https://t.co/ozQMkQRUV9

18:55 · 2026-11-05 · UTC+8

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