Definitely, Maybe Agile
Definitely, Maybe Agile
Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock
What Your AI Token Spend Is Actually Buying
17 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
Welcome And Token Economics Setup
The Flat Fee Token Paradise
Why Vendors Shift To Consumption
The Water Meter Moment
More Tokens Do Not Mean Value
KPI Traps And The 10% Effect
Finding Impact In Complex Systems
Controls Caps And Spend Visibility
Build An Honest Culture Around Usage
Model Choice Guidelines And Tradeoffs
Budgeting Forecasting And Maturity Steps
Key Takeaways For CFOs And Teams
Closing And Subscribe Reminder
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AI vendors are shifting from flat-fee pricing to consumption-based billing, and most organizations have no idea what their token spend is actually producing. Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison break down what's driving the shift to AI token economics, why the old "$20 per user" budget model is breaking down, and why usage alone is the wrong thing to optimize for. They dig into the pattern showing up across organizations, where a small share of users account for half the token spend, and why cha...