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The Economics of AI: Why It Costs So Much (and Keeps Getting Cheaper)

A plain-English guide to the money behind AI — why everything runs on GPUs, what it really costs to train a frontier model, why you pay per token, the data centres and power behind every reply, why prices keep collapsing anyway, and who actually makes money. No hype.

7 lessons·≈ 1 hr read·Free, no account
  1. 01Why AI Is So Expensive: GPUs, Training Costs & Inference EconomicsBeginner·10 min
  2. 02Why AI Runs on GPUs (and Why One Chip Costs as Much as a Car)Beginner·9 min
  3. 03What It Costs to Train a Frontier AI ModelBeginner·9 min
  4. 04Why You Pay Per Token: The Economics of AI InferenceBeginner·10 min
  5. 05Data Centres & Power: The Physical Side of AIBeginner·9 min
  6. 06Why AI Keeps Getting Cheaper (While Everything About It Gets Bigger)Beginner·10 min
  7. 07Who Actually Makes Money in AI? The Value Stack, ExplainedBeginner·10 min