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
2026 (projected): full-year mentions and posts are linear estimates from recorded activity. Company counts and summary totals use recorded activity. Forecast growth compares the estimate with the preceding completed year.
Mentions Over Time
443
Total Mentions
272
Posts mentioning Trend
102
Companies Mentioning
527 (projected)
Most mentions in a year
| Year | Mentions | Posts | Companies | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (projected) 286/365d | ~527 413 actual | ~311 244 actual | 89 | Forecast 1926.9% |
| 2025 | 26 | 24 | 20 | +766.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +200.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |