Agentics / Tech Things: Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing
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Alt title: The reports of tokenmaxxing’s death are greatly exaggerated.
I’ll be in SF for AIE. If you are around and want to say hi / meet in person, shoot me an email at amol@noriagentic.com. Generally speaking, if you spend tens of thousands of dollars on something, you want to see something come out on the other end. Some return on investment. O sure, not always. I’ve previously said that selling to consumers is sorta funny because they love spending money on things that waste time or actively cause pain. This is part of why the gambling apps are so popular these days. Why yes, I’d love to spend $100 on betting that Wemby scores a 3 pointer while doing a…
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