Cost Optimization
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Cut Your Claude Code Bill by a Third With a Local Model
LightOn's open ColGrep-Agent-2B runs code search locally between your agent and your repo, cutting API tokens 34% and cache-aware cost 40% in tests. Here's who should install it and who shouldn't.
Your AI Bill Is Full of Yes/No Questions
A new class of model answers only yes/no, multiple-choice, or 0-10 questions, and matches frontier LLMs on classification jobs at roughly 1/85th the cost. Here is how to audit your pipeline for silent GPT calls.
Stop Pricing AI by the Token. Price It by the Outcome
OpenAI's pricing strategy reveals the metric teams should actually track: cost per successful outcome, not cost per token. Here is how to build an outcome-cost model.
The $1 Trillion AI Bubble Warning Founders Can't Ignore — And What to Do About It
The Bank for International Settlements warns $1T+ in AI capex sits on shaky financing. Here's what founders and operators must do differently this week — route for cost per job, not per token; gate autonomous agents like junior employees; and exploit the headline-vs-reality gap before competitors overcommit.