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Cheaper AI tokens are driving more demand, and that's Jensen Huang's best-case scenario

October 11

Data from a16z shows a Jevons paradox in the AI market: token prices keep falling, but H100 GPU rental prices hold steady or climb. Cheaper AI drives demand faster than costs drop.

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