82% of Tokens Never Reach Production

Very interesting data across 2,444 companies. 82% of tokens are spent on AI-generated bugs, rework and review friction. This is what we've been seeing with every company we work with. Try justifying spending 100k on token spend when only 18k even makes it to a stable prod feature. In the rush to maximize AI token spend, companies are wasting over 44% on bug fixes x.com/edzitron/statu... $1.00 TOTAL AI SPEND Bug fixing $0.44 Rework $0.27 Review friction $0.11 Shipped product $0.18 Tokens spent on fixing AI-generated bugs Tokens spent rewriting or reworking code Tokens lost to reviews, context switching, and merge friction Value that reaches real users 82% of every dollar never reaches the product. Aggregated across 2,444 companies on our platform

A screenshot of an X post discussing how companies spend AI tokens. The chart claims that most spending goes toward bug fixing, rework, and review friction, while only 18% reaches a shipped product; the joke is a sarcastic critique of inefficient AI-assisted software development and inflated token spending. EN: A screenshot of an X post discussing how companies spend AI tokens. The chart claims that most spending goes toward bug fixing, rework, and review friction, while only 18% reaches a shipped product; the joke is a sarcastic critique of inefficient AI-assisted software development and inflated token spending.

• @gentoomemes / 20973 2026-05-27