Inference economics are shifting. Expect more "fast tier" pricing (Opus Fast, Gemini Flash), more specialized inference hardware (Cerebras, Groq), and more pres
Agentic workloads are significantly altering the economics of AI inference, with roughly half of real-world coding agent requests exceeding 128,000 tokens. This trend is driving a shift towards specialized inference hardware and tiered pricing models, such as "fast tier" options for models like Opus and Gemini Flash. The increasing token usage is attributed not to longer user prompts, but to the extensive context agents themselves generate and utilize. AI
IMPACT Agentic AI workloads are increasing token usage and driving demand for specialized hardware, potentially leading to new pricing structures for AI services.