AI BriefingOpenClaw Spends $1.3 Million a Month on API Costs
·2026.05.18 10:55
Key point
The creator of OpenClaw ran 100 coding agents and spent $1.3 million in OpenAI API costs in a single month.
Details
It has been reported that the creator of OpenClaw spent $1.3 million (about 1.8 billion KRW) on OpenAI API token costs in just one month.
The key data confirmed in this case are as follows:
- Total token usage: 603 billion
- Total number of requests: 7.6 million
- Scale of operation: 100 coding agents
This case is drawing attention as an extreme example showing the scale of token consumption and costs that can occur when building and operating large-scale AI Agents workflows.
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