Ross Mike used $24,000 in model costs on two $200 subscriptions
Michael Shemelis · GPT-6 Astra: How I’d Make Money With It · Sep 10, 2026 · at 21:54
Technologist Ross Mike explains the massive compute subsidization currently occurring in frontier AI models.
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“Like I asked my Astra agent to calculate how much of how much I've been using, like the subscription price, but also like in terms of API price, how much like I've been using in terms of model costs. And in the last week I've spent over 24,000 dollars. Mind you, I just have a couple of 200 dollar subscriptions, right?”
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