MTS(@MTSlive):Vercel COO @jdewitt29 predicts companies will soon face a new question: Spend $200K on another employee or $200K on AI tokens? "Given token costs, you will start to think about what’s my mix of human capital and token capital, and am I allocating that effectively?" "Am I moving fast enough in places where human capital can be redeployed to far more interesting work? Because you can actually automate a lot more of it if you focus on your best practice from a token perspective." "As many companies are kicking off annual planning right now, that will be a core discussion. Do you want another 200K to employ a person, or would you like 200K for token spend? We’ll see where people wind up." @vercel

2026.10.17 02:33

Vercel COO @jdewitt29 predicts companies will soon face a new question: Spend $200K on another employee or $200K on AI tokens? "Given token costs, you will start to think about what’s my mix of human capital and token capital, and am I allocating that effectively?" "Am I moving fast enough in places where human capital can be redeployed to far more interesting work? Because you can actually automate a lot more of it if you focus on your best practice from a token perspective." "As many companies are kicking off annual planning right now, that will be a core discussion. Do you want another 200K to employ a person, or would you like 200K for token spend? We’ll see where people wind up." @vercel