API aggregators.
A shared interface simplifies access and routing. It does not, by itself, give different model tokens a common economic denomination.
A common economic language for AI
The Market for
AI Compute.
AI is consumed through many models, each with its own token economics. We propose a common standard—and a market around it—to connect that fragmented consumption.
Understand costs. Model the business. Buy and sell AI on a common basis.
01 / The problem
One Business Input.
A Fragmented Market.
Businesses consume AI, but buy it through model-specific tokens, provider-specific prices, and hardware-specific capacity. Every model has its own economics—and the mix keeps changing.
Bills measure spending. Native tokens measure individual models. A common economic unit could connect consumption, cost-benefit analysis, and planning as models and prices change.
Why the gap remainsDifferent tools.
Different tools.
The same missing denominator.
These tools alone do not give the following questions one common basis01 / Model consumption 02 / Compare cost & benefit 03 / Plan through change
How does spend change as usage grows and the model mix shifts?
Is a model’s higher cost worth the additional value to our business?
How do we budget and commit without freezing today’s choices?
What could give these questions a shared economic language?
A common token denomination02 / The concept
A New Universal Standard
for AI Token Denomination.
We propose a solution to this market gap: a generic economic token in which the costs of other model tokens can be expressed.
Ground the reference in aggregate market usage and model-token prices. As models enter, leave, and gain share, the basis evolves. Analysis and contracts can use the same economic language.
Many native tokens
Different model economics.
Different token prices, usage, and cost profiles.
One economic language
A common token.
A denomination for expressing the cost of any qualifying model’s tokens.
A shared basisModel it.
Model it.
Compare it.
Transact in it.
The same unit connects business analysis, procurement, and a market.
Universal in method, explicit in scope. The standard can cover a broad market or a defined segment; each application specifies which models qualify.
Our proposal03 / Our proposal
CCBT Is the Denomination.
Standard Basis Is the Market.
Two complementary pieces: a standard for the economic unit, and a company building the indexing, brokerage, and market infrastructure around it.
The denomination & mathematical standard
CCBT
Common Compute Basis Tokens
A proposed universal denomination. Its reference price combines qualifying model-token prices, weighted by their shares of aggregate market consumption. The basis follows the market—not one buyer’s basket.
Understand the standardThe company, index administrator & broker
Standard Basis
The market built around the common basis
The company developing maintained CCBT indices and a two-sided market. Its initial commercial focus is brokerage: standardizing requests, comparing provider offers, and structuring transactions.
Understand the marketThe link between the two
Standard CCBT indices.
Each index applies the general CCBT standard to a defined market: its qualifying models, price and usage observations, calculation rules, and model-specific conversion prices.
Explore Standard Basis
Take the Next Step.
The idea is the beginning. Explore the standard, the proposed market, and the work ahead.