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Cost per task

How many tokens or dollars it takes to successfully complete a given task by an LLM with a harness.

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Tracked keywords: cost per task, cost per successful task, intelligence per dollar, cost-performance frontier, ai unit economics, token economics, cost per verified outcome, cost per accepted output
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Mentions Over Time

275
Total Mentions
186
Posts with Topic
24
Companies Mentioning
-17.9%
MoM Change

Historical Data

Month Mentions Posts Companies MoM Change
Aug 2026 64 45 24 -17.9%
Jul 2026 78 34 22 +116.7%
Jun 2026 36 27 23 +33.3%
May 2026 27 21 15 +50.0%
Apr 2026 18 11 9 +12.5%
Mar 2026 16 15 12 +300.0%
Feb 2026 4 4 4 0%
Jan 2026 4 3 3 -42.9%
Dec 2025 7 7 7 +16.7%
Nov 2025 6 5 4 +100.0%
Oct 2025 3 3 3 +50.0%
Sep 2025 2 2 2 -33.3%
Aug 2025 3 2 2 0%
Jul 2025 3 3 3 +200.0%
Jun 2025 1 1 1 --
May 2025 0 0 0 --
Apr 2025 0 0 0 --
Mar 2025 0 0 0 --
Feb 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Jan 2025 1 1 1 0%
Dec 2024 1 1 1 0%
Nov 2024 1 1 1 --
Oct 2024 0 0 0 --
Sep 2024 0 0 0 --

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