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title: "Cheaper AI tokens are driving more demand, and that's Jensen Huang's best-case scenario"
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published_at: "2026-10-11T09:49:59.000Z"
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summary: "Data from a16z reveals a Jevons paradox in the AI market where falling token prices coincide with steady or rising H100 GPU rental prices, as cheaper AI drives demand faster than costs drop. However, if this demand flattens, the supply chain from chip makers to cloud providers will be negatively impacted."
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# Cheaper AI tokens are driving more demand, and that's Jensen Huang's best\-case scenario

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**Published:** 2026-10-11T09:49:59.000Z
**Category:** Chips
**Topics:** nvidia, inference

## Summary

Data from a16z reveals a Jevons paradox in the AI market where falling token prices coincide with steady or rising H100 GPU rental prices, as cheaper AI drives demand faster than costs drop\. However, if this demand flattens, the supply chain from chip makers to cloud providers will be negatively impacted\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://the-decoder.com/cheaper-ai-tokens-are-driving-more-demand-and-thats-jensen-huangs-best-case-scenario/>)