Cost optimization — CCA-F Exam Prep

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A startup founder looking at two charts on her laptop. Left chart: 'AI Quality Score: 4.7/5 (stable).' Right chart: 'Monthly AI Cost: $22K → $4.8K.' She's smiling. Behind her, a whiteboard showing the optimization strategy: 'Route by complexity. Cache static prompts. Batch nightly reports.' Office, afternoon light.

Priya's AI bill was $22,000 a month. She cut it to $4,800 without losing a single point of quality.

Her customer service agent used Claude Opus for everything. 'What are your business hours?' -- Opus. 'Process this refund' -- Opus. 'Summarize this complaint' -- Opus. Every request, the most expensive model.