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Aditi Bharade
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AI consultants say it's time to treat frontier models like pricey consultants.
The next step in AI saving is treating frontier models like expensive consultants
Letting frontier models do the complex thinking and planning, and none of the execution, is the key to saving on your AI budgets.
TL;DRAI
Frontier models should serve only strategic planning; cheaper models handle routine work. Coinbase CEO predicts 80% of AI workloads will shift to 99% cheaper models in 12-18 months. This ROI shift drives AI-routing startups (OpenRouter $1.3B, Concentrate AI $5M+), reshaping enterprise AI budgets.
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