# State of AI Economics

> The State of AI Economics report: how AI unit costs, model pricing, throughput and spend efficiency are moving across the industry.

Source: https://tokenomy.ai/reports/state-of-ai-economics
Last updated: 2026-09-09
Publisher: Tokenomy — FinOps for AI
License: free to quote with attribution and a link to the source URL.

A recurring report on the direction of AI unit economics — pricing trends, efficiency frontiers and where budgets are actually going.

## Overview

A recurring report on the direction of AI unit economics — pricing trends, efficiency frontiers and where budgets are actually going.

- Price-per-quality-point trend lines
- Frontier vs. workhorse vs. open-model economics
- Where enterprise AI budgets are being spent

## About Tokenomy

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