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AI Cost Academy
Track and understand costs
Learn how AI and cloud costs actually work, what changes spend fastest, and which signals are worth checking every day.
Course goal
Understand the cost model and identify the main drivers in one sitting.
Built for ctos, founding engineers, platform teams. Work through the modules in order if you want the full picture, or jump directly to the lesson that matches the job in front of you right now.
Module 1
How LLM pricing works
Understand token billing, context windows, and why a small product change can move spend quickly.
8 min
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Module 2
How to track LLM usage in production
Measure requests, token usage, and cost by provider, feature, and owner instead of relying on provider dashboards alone.
10 min
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Module 3
Monitoring AI infrastructure in production
Set up the minimum monitoring stack for daily visibility, cost spikes, and weekly review handoffs.
10 min
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