kanav(@kanavtwt):A $1,200,000 MONTHLY ANTHROPIC BILL ALMOST BANKRUPTED THIS AI STARTUP. Polsia was running every agent loop on top-tier frontier models. When their user growth exploded, AI bills went completely out of control. Offloading computing to open-source models on rented GPUs dropped their monthly spend to back $100k. TL;DR: If you're building an AI startup, using model routing is no longer optional 💀

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kanav@kanavtwt

2026.07.27 17:57

A $1,200,000 MONTHLY ANTHROPIC BILL ALMOST BANKRUPTED THIS AI STARTUP. Polsia was running every agent loop on top-tier frontier models. When their user growth exploded, AI bills went completely out of control. Offloading computing to open-source models on rented GPUs dropped their monthly spend to back $100k. TL;DR: If you're building an AI startup, using model routing is no longer optional 💀