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Multi-Model Routing: How to Cut AI Costs 40-60% Without Sacrificing Quality

Learn how intelligent model routing can dramatically reduce your AI API costs by matching query complexity to the right model—from classification tasks on Haiku to complex reasoning on Opus.

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Blaise Albuquerque

Founder, Bear Billing

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