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How much does an AI agent cost to build and run?

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AI agent cost has three parts: the build, the run and the keep-alive. The build is the system that can take a real task. The run is the model calls, tool calls and retries each task then spends, and the keep-alive is the work after launch, when a tool, a model or a document changes. A per-token pri…

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    How much does an AI agent cost to build and run?

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