Gumroad, a company with more than $10 mil in revenue spends more on tokens than human payroll
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Gumroad, a company with over $10 million in revenue, reportedly spends more on AI tokens than on human payroll, highlighting how AI automation is already reshaping software-first companies' cost structures.
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