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Harvey Nash
Tokenomics: The Hidden Invoice Shock That's Destroying Tech Budgets
28 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2026 at 7:03 am.
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Tech leaders are waking up to massive, unexpected AI bills. Why? The industry has fallen for the 'reasoning trap': paying models to rethink basic, repeatable tasks from scratch.

Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler joins David Savage to expose the "token-eating" agents causing boardroom budget shock. We unpack why standardising your AI "recipe" is the only way to scale without breaking the bank, and why token-maxxing is a flawed strategy.


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