we run an agentic pipeline in a different domain (data sourcing) and the only way the math works is to be ruthless about which stages actually need which model.

we run an agentic pipeline in a different domain (data sourcing) and the only way the math works is to be ruthless about which stages actually need which model. As a founder, the question I always have is "what is the marginal value per token relative to engineer-hours saved." More of a gut feel at the moment, but would be great to calculate.