> The same way as someone selling an expensive course in the stock market is signaling that they have more to gain by selling the course rather than

Or they want to diversify

> If AI tokens were so magical in creating new value in developing software applications generally, they wouldn't be selling tokens directly.

That requires to build and sell a whole product they have little experience with, competing with their own customers. Not a great place for an AI vendor still trying to establish itself. It’s a lot of distraction, when you already have a lot to deal with the existing business. And strategically not too valuable