Dev's bill breakdown: $27k on OpenAI models, ~$11k/mo run rate accelerating
arthurcolle · x · 2026-09-15
Developer arthurcolle itemized his AI spend: $26,967 on OpenAI (gpt-5.5 $8.1k, gpt-5.4 $3.8k, gpt-5.3-codex family $1.9k, rest across 15+ variants), $864 on Anthropic, $17 on kimi/grok/qwen. He corrected an earlier $16.1k figure as offline-cache pricing; qwen3.6-plus-free is genuinely free. Run rate: Jul $4.9k → Aug $4.6k → Sep $5.7k in 15 days ($11k/mo pace, excluding OpenRouter).
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