Companies shift from indiscriminate AI spending to cost-effective model routing strategies
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Aditi Bharade, Henry Chandonnet
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Companies are moving away from "tokenmaxxing" — the practice of indiscriminately using expensive AI models for every task — and adopting "modelmaxxing," a strategy of routing different prompts to the most cost-effective AI model for each specific job. Morgan Linton, a Lake Tahoe-based CTO, tells his 16 engineers which models to use and when, reflecting a broader industry shift as businesses face ballooning AI costs and seek better value-for-money approaches to AI deployment.
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· 3 pulledTwice a week, Morgan Linton tells his 16 engineers which AI models to use and when.
Tokenmaxxing is so over. It's all about modelmaxxing now.
Employees racked up AI bills, and companies are backpedaling on tokenmaxxing.
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