AI productivity gains currently limited to Big Tech firms
October 25, 2026
An Apollo economist argues that AI has not yet yielded measurable productivity boosts for mainstream companies. Instead, high token spending is increasingly being categorized as a cost center rather than a value driver.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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founderFocus on building applications that turn token costs into clear ROI to avoid being viewed as a pure cost center.
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investorMonitor the gap between AI spend and actual enterprise productivity realized.