The X-ray

Your real cost per unit of AI work, how far it swings, and a quote to fix it. Free, from two files, in five business days.

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How it works

Two files in. One number out.

You send
  1. Three to six months of provider invoices or usage exports
  2. Units delivered in those months

Finance has both. Engineering never hears about it.

We send back
  1. Your real cost per unit
  2. How far it swings, and why
  3. Where caching would save you money
  4. A quote to fix it

The quote often lands below what you pay today.

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Illustration, not a customer's data
AI support · cost per resolved ticket · July to September
$0.44average, at the rates you pay
Day by day
$0.37 to $0.99
Worst days
Retry storms on 4 days: 9% of the quarter's cost
Model mix
3 models, 80% of cost on the largest
Cached
18% of input tokens
Quote$0.42 per resolved ticket, fixed for 12 monthsExpected cost $0.40, with prompt caching · margin 5%
Your data

Two files. No access.

1

No access to your systems. You send files.

2

A mutual NDA before the first file.

3

Deleted 90 days after your report, unless a shadow period starts.

4

Never used to train models, or to price anyone else.

Security, phase by phase
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