I Spent 471 Million AI Tokens Rebuilding a Startup I Invested In

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I rebuilt the product of a startup I invested in, then measured exactly what 471 million processed tokens, 64 prompts, and a week of judgment actually bought.

Chapters

1. 0:00 471 million tokens

2. 0:20 Why I invested in Thetix

3. 2:26 The product today — and where the job breaks

4. 5:00 The product experience I rebuilt

5. 8:20 How it was actually built

6. 9:11 The receipt — tokens, time, and prompts

7. 10:28 The shape of the work

8. 13:36 What still has to be proven

Timed transcript · Full show notes and sources

Sources

• The S&P 500 and Trump Accounts — S&P Dow Jones Indices: S&P 500 total return figures through December 31, 2025.

• Nasdaq-100 Total Return Index fact sheet — Nasdaq: Ten-year return through June 30, 2026; a different window from the S&P figure.

• World Wealth Report 2026 — Capgemini: U.S. high-net-worth population as defined by investable assets.

• Survey of Consumer Finances — Federal Reserve: Direct ownership of publicly traded stock among U.S. families.

Disclosure

I’m an investor in Thetix. That’s part of why I care enough to go this deep. The redesign shown is an independent exploration, not an announced Thetix feature. Nothing here is investment advice; every portfolio example is product analysis.