Oxylabs: The Missing Layer in Agentic AI
Giedrius Šteimantas of Oxylabs reveals the 'missing layer' in agentic AI: the inefficient handling of product page data, leading to massive token waste.

Visual TL;DR
AI agents process all product pages, even if only a few contain relevant information
From the article 2 mentionsGiedrius Šteimantas from Oxylabs discusses this challenge, identifying the 'missing layer' in agentic AI as the efficient handling of product data.
sending ten product pages to the model when only three yield useful content
From the articleThis inefficiency comes at a steep cost in terms of computational resources and token usage. Šteimantas points out that "seventy percent of those tokens go to reading CA..." This implies a massive waste, where a significant majority of the processing power and associated costs are spent on irrelevant or redundant data.
Giedrius Šteimantas identifies efficient product page data handling as critical
From the article 2 mentionsGiedrius Šteimantas from Oxylabs discusses this challenge, identifying the 'missing layer' in agentic AI as the efficient handling of product data.
inefficiency leads to steep costs in computational resources and token usage
From the article 2 mentionsThis 'token tax' makes scaling agentic AI applications prohibitively expensive and slow.
From the article 8 mentionsIn the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, agentic AI promises to automate complex tasks by enabling AI agents to interact with the real world.
AI agents process all product pages, even if only a few contain relevant information
From the article 2 mentionsGiedrius Šteimantas from Oxylabs discusses this challenge, identifying the 'missing layer' in agentic AI as the efficient handling of product data.
sending ten product pages to the model when only three yield useful content
From the articleThis inefficiency comes at a steep cost in terms of computational resources and token usage. Šteimantas points out that "seventy percent of those tokens go to reading CA..." This implies a massive waste, where a significant majority of the processing power and associated costs are spent on irrelevant or redundant data.
Giedrius Šteimantas identifies efficient product page data handling as critical
From the article 2 mentionsGiedrius Šteimantas from Oxylabs discusses this challenge, identifying the 'missing layer' in agentic AI as the efficient handling of product data.
inefficiency leads to steep costs in computational resources and token usage
From the article 2 mentionsThis 'token tax' makes scaling agentic AI applications prohibitively expensive and slow.
optimizing data input to models to reduce unnecessary processing and costs
current data processing methods hinder widespread adoption and growth of agentic AI
From the article 2 mentionsHowever, a critical bottleneck is emerging, one that threatens to hinder its widespread adoption and scalability.
Contents(3)
© 2026 StartupHub.ai. All rights reserved. You may not republish this article in full without a license. Search engines and AI research tools may crawl and summarize for reference. Bulk reproduction or model training requires a license. See our terms.
Written by
Daniel SingerEditor, StartupHub.ai
Daniel Singer is the editor of StartupHub.ai, a technology expert and thought leader on AI and its applications across sectors, from fintech and healthcare to developer tooling and consumer software. He writes and tests the tools covered here thoroughly and regularly, and built StartupHub.ai to give founders, operators and buyers a clearer read on what they are actually being sold.