1 Trillion Tokens and the Death of the Chatbot
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Based on routing 1 trillion tokens of production traffic daily at Portkey, five major shifts in enterprise AI are identified: chatbots are being replaced by agentic 'AI harnesses' that execute tasks in loops; AI operational spend is on track to surpass traditional cloud spend; AI employees are already replacing significant portions of knowledge work teams in production; enterprises are choosing premium models over cheap ones because the cost of intelligent mistakes outweighs token costs; and AI gateways have become standard architecture for observability, security, and vendor neutrality. The overarching thesis is that traditional SaaS companies risk becoming mere 'systems of record' while value migrates to agentic 'systems of execution.'
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We're Routing 1 Trillion Tokens of Production Data Every Day. Here's What It's Telling Us.1. The Chatbot Is Dead. Long Live the Harness.2. AI Spend Will Flip the Cloud3. The "AI Employee" Isn't a Buzzword Anymore4. The Penny-Pinching Era Is Over5. The Gateway Is the New Standard ArchitectureWhere This All LeadsSort: