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Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the steps you never measured.

Tracks token spend by step, tool, and model tuple

Your agent's cost problem isn't the model. It's the steps you never measured.

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Language is a routing problem, not a translation problem

Language is a routing problem, not a translation problem

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Stop asking "is this task hard?" Route by what the token is for.

Stop asking "is this task hard?" Route by what the token is for.

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You routed 80% to cheaper models. Now measure whether it worked.

You routed 80% to cheaper models. Now measure whether it worked.

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Most of Your LLM Spend Is Wasted on Calls That Don't Need a Frontier Model

Most of Your LLM Spend Is Wasted on Calls That Don't Need a Frontier Model

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Your coding agent bills per task, not per token

Your coding agent bills per task, not per token

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Cache affinity in practice: 5 patterns that keep your agent's prompt cache warm

Cache affinity in practice: 5 patterns that keep your agent's prompt cache warm

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Why agentic systems should care about cache-hit pricing

Why agentic systems should care about cache-hit pricing

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The 80/20 routing playbook: cut your AI agent bill 70%+ without touching quality

The 80/20 routing playbook: cut your AI agent bill 70%+ without touching quality

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Your agent's token bill is 5x too high — and it's not the model price

Your agent's token bill is 5x too high — and it's not the model price

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