SemiAnalysis(@SemiAnalysis_):Our SemiAnalysis Weekly Podcast often asks - Is the AI cycle this time truly different from other cycles? Well, at least from our analysis, we think the return from AI is real and it looks like a structural trend that is truly different from other cycles. We tracked token spend vs human labor cost across 9 real workflows at SemiAnalysis - these are tasks our analyst team do consistently to stay on top of the industry: company initiations, earnings recaps, conference transcript mining, financial data pulls. (1/3) 🧵

2026.05.18 21:00

Our SemiAnalysis Weekly Podcast often asks - Is the AI cycle this time truly different from other cycles? Well, at least from our analysis, we think the return from AI is real and it looks like a structural trend that is truly different from other cycles. We tracked token spend vs human labor cost across 9 real workflows at SemiAnalysis - these are tasks our analyst team do consistently to stay on top of the industry: company initiations, earnings recaps, conference transcript mining, financial data pulls. (1/3) 🧵