Insights from the Matthew Berman episode “Cut your AI cost IN HALF (EASY)”, published July 7, 2026.
Stop using expensive frontier models for every task. By separating high-level architectural planning from routine code execution, you can delegate the heavy lifting to cheaper, efficient models. This strategy, used by companies like Coinbase, maintains output quality while drastically reducing token spend.
Topics: AI Engineering, Cost Optimization, Model Routing, Software Development