One of the more uncomfortable observations in our AI Value Capture piece is internal: our token spend at SemiAnalysis no…
SemiAnalysis Twitter · SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnalysis_) · 2026-06-27
SemiAnalysis discloses that its employees average nearly 5 billion tokens per month — over 5x Meta's per-employee rate — with AI token spend now at roughly 30% of total employee compensation, arguing research firms, hedge funds, and law firms are on the same trajectory.
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- SemiAnalysis token spend now equals roughly 30% of total employee compensation.
- SemiAnalysis employees average just under 5 billion tokens per month, over 5x Meta's per-employee average.
- Top individual contributors at SemiAnalysis each consume approximately 100 billion tokens per month.
- Research firms, hedge funds, and law firms are heading toward similar token-to-compensation ratios, just on a delay.
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Our token spend at SemiAnalysis now runs at roughly 30% of employee compensation, with employees pulling just under 5 billion tokens per month on average, over 5x more than Meta, and our top contributors clearing 100 billion.
We wrote about it openly because every research firm, hedge fund, and law firm we know is heading toward a similar number, just on a delay.