TL;DR Minimise Tokens Every token costs money – send the fewest necessary in prompts, and cap model outputs. Reuse & Cache Don’t repeat yourself – cache identical or similar queries and avoid re-sending static context. Plan & Monitor Treat AI usage as a FinOps priority – set budgets, pick the right model for each job, …

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