Every's AI costs jumped 230% overnight — why they skipped token budgets
every · x · 2026-10-29
Every's head of operations Arielle Shipper recounts a credit crisis: after GPT-5.6 Sol launched, daily usage jumped from 11,520 to 26,685 credits (2.5x baseline), zeroing the account overnight — triggered by CEO Dan Shipper stress-testing Sol (ultra) with senior-engineer-level tasks. The team split between "let it rip" and "cap it now, explore local models." Shipper's call: no hard token budgets yet; instead manage spend with three questions — What did it cost? What did it buy us? What did we learn?
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