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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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Mentions Over Time

274
Total Mentions
181
Posts with Topic
6
Companies Mentioning
-31.3%
WoW Change

Historical Data

Week Mentions Posts Companies WoW Change
Aug 31, 2026 11 6 6 -31.3%
Aug 24, 2026 16 7 6 +100.0%
Aug 17, 2026 8 8 5 -50.0%
Aug 10, 2026 16 13 11 -30.4%
Aug 03, 2026 23 16 8 +91.7%
Jul 27, 2026 12 9 7 -63.6%
Jul 20, 2026 33 5 5 +450.0%
Jul 13, 2026 6 6 5 -57.1%
Jul 06, 2026 14 9 9 0%
Jun 29, 2026 14 6 6 -6.7%
Jun 22, 2026 15 7 6 +200.0%
Jun 15, 2026 5 5 5 -37.5%
Jun 08, 2026 8 8 8 +14.3%
Jun 01, 2026 7 6 5 -46.2%
May 25, 2026 13 12 7 +116.7%
May 18, 2026 6 2 2 +50.0%
May 11, 2026 4 4 4 +100.0%
May 04, 2026 2 2 2 -85.7%
Apr 27, 2026 14 7 5 --
Apr 20, 2026 0 0 0 -100.0%
Apr 13, 2026 4 3 3 +100.0%
Apr 06, 2026 2 2 2 0%
Mar 30, 2026 2 2 2 -50.0%
Mar 23, 2026 4 4 4 -20.0%
Mar 16, 2026 5 5 4 +66.7%
Mar 09, 2026 3 2 2 +50.0%
Mar 02, 2026 2 2 2 0%
Feb 23, 2026 2 2 2 +100.0%
Feb 16, 2026 1 1 1 --
Feb 09, 2026 0 0 0 -100.0%
Feb 02, 2026 1 1 1 -50.0%
Jan 26, 2026 2 1 1 +100.0%
Jan 19, 2026 1 1 1 --
Jan 12, 2026 0 0 0 -100.0%
Jan 05, 2026 1 1 1 --
Dec 29, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Dec 22, 2025 2 2 2 +100.0%
Dec 15, 2025 1 1 1 -66.7%
Dec 08, 2025 3 3 3 +200.0%
Dec 01, 2025 1 1 1 --
Nov 24, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Nov 17, 2025 2 1 1 0%
Nov 10, 2025 2 2 2 0%
Nov 03, 2025 2 2 2 --
Oct 27, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Oct 20, 2025 1 1 1 0%
Oct 13, 2025 1 1 1 --
Oct 06, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Sep 29, 2025 1 1 1 --
Sep 22, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%
Sep 15, 2025 1 1 1 --
Sep 08, 2025 0 0 0 -100.0%

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