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Cerebras CEO Reveals Engineers Now Spend $25,000 Yearly on AI Tokens

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published May 29, 2026 · No Priors Podcast · The Story Behind Cerebras’ $63 Billion IPO with Founder and CEO Andrew Feldman
Cerebras CEO Reveals Engineers Now Spend $25,000 Yearly on AI Tokens
No Priors Podcast
No Priors Podcast
The Story Behind Cerebras’ $63 Billion IPO with Founder and CEO Andrew Feldman

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"8 months ago we weren't spending $1,000 an engineer on tokens, and we're probably at $25,000 or $30,000 right now, and it's ripping."

Andrew Feldman disclosed that Cerebras engineers have increased AI token spending from under $1,000 to approximately $25,000-$30,000 per engineer in just eight months. He noted that a small subset of engineers who have adapted their workflow to govern multiple AI agents running 24/7 have transformed from 10x to 100x productivity multipliers, while others struggle to achieve similar gains.

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