ROI

2 articles tagged with “ROI”

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Your $100K AI Project Will Cost $500K. Here's Where the Money Actually Goes.

I've watched AI budgets blow up by 3-5x more times than I'd like to admit. Here's an honest breakdown of where the money really goes — and the spreadsheet exercise that saves every client I work with.

1/10/2025

10 min read

AI Strategy Budgeting TCO+2 more

We Cut AI Costs by 73% ($396K/Year) — Here's What Actually Worked (and What Didn't)

A real story of slashing a fintech company's AI bill from $45K to $12K/month. Includes the embarrassing cache bug, the model that was 'too smart' for its own good, and the spreadsheet that changed everything.

1/5/2025

11 min read

Cost Optimization Performance

Infrastructure

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