AI's subsidy era is ending — labs can no longer absorb power-user compute at flat rates. GitHub, Google, and Anthropic are all repricing around structural token scarcity. Enterprises who master token budgets now will have a real competitive edge.

Source episodes:

- Casey Neistat's guide to posting every day (The Vergecast) https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5078282335.mp3?updated=1780339630

- The AI Token Shortage Begins [AI Monthly Recap] (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/120845784/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-1%2F425294191-44100-2-2347f703e4875.mp3

- Building an iPhone app with zero technical skills | Bryce Rattner Keithley (How I AI) https://anchor.fm/s/1035b1568/podcast/play/120591107/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-27%2F424956437-44100-2-cde769b19e9fa.mp3

- Claude Opus 4.8: Here is Everything that Changed (Engineer Prompt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbhNlpRsofY