Money

AI economics, jobs, startups, and funding

Inference Costs Fell 90% in 18 Months

The cost of running AI models in production dropped faster than anyone projected. The startups that bet on expensive inference are now repricing everything.

DropThe Data Desk6 minMay 2, 2026

Money

Revenue Was the Easy Part

Enterprise adoption is real. Whether the unit economics work at scale is the next story.

DropThe Staff6 minApr 24, 2026

Briefs

Anthropic Raises $5B at $100B Valuation

BloombergApr 24

By the Numbers

$42.7B

Total AI startup funding (Q1 2026)

PitchBookApr 24, 2026