Even AI-pilled companies are now capping daily budgets for SOTA models
annetgriffin · x · 2026-09-20
Gergely Orosz shares that a company he spoke to — one with unlimited AI budgets a year ago, led by a technical, AI-bullish CEO — has now imposed daily budget limits on SOTA models. Policy: use Fable and Astra only for planning; cheaper models are good enough for everything else. He stresses this is an "AI-pilled" company that never used to scrutinize AI spending, signaling cost discipline is becoming the norm even among AI-heavy adopters.
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