Why it matters

Cost analysis shapes economics. Understanding shapes strategy.

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The architecture

Break down: API + infra + tools + team.

Cost per user / session / feature.

Trend + attribution.

LLM cost bucketsToken costAPI + inferenceInfra + toolscompute + storage + observabilityTeam + opsengineering timeProvider APIs often dominate variable cost; infra + team fixed
LLM cost analysis.
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How it works end to end

Token cost per query * queries.

Infra: K8s + observability + gateway.

Team + tooling.

Feature-level cost.