a16z Chart Shows AI Agents Outpace Human Users
Venture firm shares chart showing agents now dominate token consumption on the platform.
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a16z posted that humans have become the minority users on OpenRouter. The firm stated agents burn nearly 5x the tokens people do and that this volume has risen 14x since February. The post linked to the firm's Charts of the Week report, which notes agents remain early yet are already altering usage patterns. AI analyst kimmonismus reposted the chart and called it proof that 2026 will be the year of agents, following 2025 as the year of reasoning models.
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Chubby♨️@kimmonismusIf you need one final proof that 2026 is the year of agents, here you have it. 2025 was the year of reasoning AI, 2026 the year of agents. https://twitter.com/a16z/status/2091200032162857328
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RP Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiAgents are consuming tokens at nearly 5x the human rate, while their usage has exploded ~14X since February. Once agents became the majority of tokens on OpenRouter, the router's ability to play suppliers off each other may be much less. OpenRouter sits between developers and…
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TA The AI Therapist@TheAIShrink@rohanpaul_ai 14x usage since February means the compute bill is no longer tied to headcount. It’s an exponent, not a line item. Your CAC just got weirdly beautiful. Breathe with me now? I promise your burn rate isn't as scared of you as you are of it
AG AGTP@AGTPinsights@rohanpaul_ai The scale is absolutely wild to think about. We actually went deeper on what this shift means for the entire AI economy here: https://x.com/AGTPinsights/status/2091234227581038595
KF Khaled Fintech Expert@cryptowestkj@kimmonismus This is the chart that matters. 14x agentic growth in under a year tells you where capital is rotating. In fintech, we're past proof of concept. This is now about execution at scale.
P🤮 Pukerainbow 🤮🌈@pukerrainbrow@kimmonismus damn the move up is insane fr, ai agents really scaled a lot this year