TECHNOLOGYJun 29 · 05:16 UTCBUSINESS INSIDERShubhangi Goel ([email protected])

Cognition's CEO says token spend leaderboards are 'directionally correct' — but some people get carried away

Cognition CEO Scott Wu criticized token spend leaderboards, arguing employees should be evaluated based on output rather than AI token usage. He highlighted Cognition's $26B valuation and its AI coding tool Devin, while other tech leaders like Legora's Jacob Lauritzen and Cerebras Systems' Andrew Feldman also decried tokenmaxxing as wasteful.

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