FACT ALERT 🚨 : In modern agentic coding, 42% of the time is spent on CPU doing tool use such as editing files, running B…
SemiAnalysis Twitter · SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnalysis_) · 2026-05-23
SemiAnalysis flags that 42% of time in modern agentic coding is spent on CPU-bound tool use—file edits, Bash scripts, linting—arguing this forces a rethink of cloud billing away from per-core pricing toward a new agent-era model.
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Topics: agentic-codingcloud-computing-economicsai-infrastructuretool-use
Claims
- 42% of time in modern agentic coding is spent on CPU executing tool use such as file edits, Bash scripts, and lints.
- Traditional cloud computing charges per CPU core, which is misaligned with how agentic workloads consume compute.
- The agent economy requires a fundamentally different billing model beyond per-CPU-core pricing.
Key quotes
In modern agentic coding, 42% of the time is spent on CPU doing tool use such as editing files, running Bash scripts, running lints, etc.
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