Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora: AI Token Costs Must Fall 90%
Arora said per-token costs must drop sharply because agentic AI is driving enterprise bills higher even as model efficiency improves.
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The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price Drop
The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price Drop Eight days ago it was Palantir's Alex Karp going ballistic on live television about the "effing insane" economics of renting intelligence by the token. On Thursday it was Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora's turn, and while his delivery was calmer, his number was not: Arora told CNBC that AI token prices need to fall as much as 90% before enterprise adoption can actually …
'We need to see the pricing for AI come down': Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora says AI is too expensive — and needs to fall 90% to become affordable
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora says 90% reduction in AI pricing is needed to drive widespread adoption, 20% reduction by next yearOpenAI's latest GPT-5.6 Sol model is 54% more efficient across agentic coding tasksShift to consumption-based models is making high costs even more pronouncedPalo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora has warned that AI pricing is still too high for widespread enterprise adoption, arguing that it should be drastically c…
Palo Alto CEO: AI token prices must fall up to 90%
Palo Alto Networks chief executive Nikesh Arora says the cost of running AI needs to plunge before businesses can deploy it at scale. He told CNBC on Thursday that token prices may need to fall by as much as 90%, according to CNBC. Arora was reacting to OpenAI’s claim that its new GPT-5.6 model is 54% […] This story continues at The Next Web
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