Gumroad, a company with more than $10 mil in revenue spends more on tokens than human payroll

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Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia revealed the company's monthly LLM token spend has officially surpassed its total human payroll. This milestone highlights a shift where high-revenue software companies can scale their internal logic and customer support using models rather than adding headcount. It serves as a proof-of-concept for the 'one-person billion-dollar company' thesis.