AnalysisDevelopersAugust 25, 2026

Most AI work can wait: routing cuts costs

Tom Tunguz argues teams should design routing before choosing models, claiming 70-80% of traffic can run on local or async models, cutting AI spend by 90%+. Cites Coinbase halving AI spend while token usage grew.

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