Token economics

Advanced AI Architecture: Strategy, Stack & Daily Practice — lesson 12 of 20 (PLAYBOOK)

LLM costs are usage-based: (calls × tokens × price). Levers: route easy tasks to small/cheap models, cache repeated context, cap output length, batch offline work. A 10× cost difference between naive and tuned architecture is common at scale.

Source: Anthropic — Pricing & model tiers

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