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Gergely Orosz quote, Sep 3, 2026

Author, The Pragmatic Engineer · Sep 3, 2026 · Post, The Pulse: tech companies move to open AI models

Cost-saving efforts reveal that moving simpler workloads to open AI models is the easiest way to save ~50% on AI bills.

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