OpenAI employee spends $10 million on tokens in 30 days

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger estimated that he used $10 million worth of AI tokens in one month, according to remarks at Cloudflare Connect 2026. Now working at OpenAI, he discussed the costs of running AI agents, the need for cloud-based infrastructure and the importance of security controls. He also acknowledged that not all AI-generated work is useful.