Hidden AI Product Cost #1: Inference Bills Grow With Every User
goyalshaliniuk · x · 2026-09-12
Item #1 of the "7 hidden costs of AI products" thread: inference costs. Every API call costs money — tokens, model usage, long conversations, high-volume requests. More users mean higher inference bills, making this the most direct marginal cost unique to AI products.
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