Xiaomi MiMo Chief Model Officer Luo Fuli stated at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum that the rapid progress of large models and the promotion of agent frameworks have led to a significant increase in inference demand, with token growth approaching 10 times and potentially reaching 100 times this year. Industry competition has now expanded to the levels of computing power, inference chips, and energy.

OpenClaw's "Lobster Farming" craze has led to a surge in demand for tokens in cloud computing services, causing related packages from Alibaba Cloud and Tencent to sell out. Major cloud providers are launching programming packages to attract users, but ongoing demand has resulted in limited-time offers and price increases.

Jack Dorsey responds to Block layoffs, stating that over-hiring during the pandemic and poor organizational management are the reasons, emphasizing the goal of achieving a gross profit of $2 million per employee. The layoffs led to a 22% increase in the stock price.