OpenClaw creator puts last month’s token bill at $10M, The Register reports
THE SO WHAT
A single agent project burning an estimated $10M in tokens in one month is a blunt reminder that agentic experimentation can outpace your cloud budget fast. Any team building serious agents should be treating token spend like ad spend—daily caps, ROI tracking, and hard kill switches.
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