{"slug": "token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way", "title": "Token prices could be a lot lower but inference companies are getting in the way", "summary": "Token prices could be significantly lower, but inference companies are inflating them by renting GPUs and adding margins of over 40%, according to an unnamed analyst. These companies have current business because they started early, but the analyst doubts their longevity.", "body_md": "token prices could be a lot lower today but these inference companies are getting in the way of them\nthey don't own anything, they rent GPUs and serve tokens and slap a 40%+ margin on top\nthey have business today because they started early. i don't think they will last", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way", "canonical_source": "https://twitter.com/thdxr/status/2092679229481623757", "published_at": "2026-08-26 18:54:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 19:13:45.124736+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-startups"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/token-prices-could-be-a-lot-lower-but-inference-companies-are-getting-in-the-way.jsonld"}}