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Analysis, data, and practical guides on AI cost governance.

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Claude Opus 4.6 Is Now 67% Cheaper: What It Means for Your AI Budget

Anthropic cut Claude Opus 4.6 pricing from $15 to $5 per 1M input tokens — a 67% reduction. For teams that shelved Opus because of cost, the calculus has changed.

MARCH 25, 2026·6 MIN READ
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GPT-4o vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet: A Cost Comparison for Production Workloads

Both models are excellent. But "excellent" doesn't mean "the right choice for your workload." Here's what the numbers actually say when you run them at production scale.

MARCH 14, 2026·10 MIN READ
Cost GovernanceLLM PricingEngineering

AI Sprawl: How Companies End Up Paying 3x More Than They Need To

Most engineering teams don't have an AI cost problem. They have an AI visibility problem. Here's how unchecked model adoption silently triples your token bill.

MARCH 2, 2026·8 MIN READ
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