Routing Is The Cheapest AI Optimization Most Teams Skip
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Most teams trying to cut AI spend start with the prompt. They shorten instructions, trim context, cache what they can. The bigger lever sits upstream of the prompt entirely, in which model gets the request at all. LLM API calls account for 70 to 85 percent of what it costs to run an AI agent, and t…
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- 2026-09-20 23:07 · DEV Community — AI
Routing Is The Cheapest AI Optimization Most Teams Skip