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# The Unit Economics of AI

Are skyrocketing GPU costs stalling your AI deployments? Discover how intelligent routing, agentic caching, and model compression can slash inference bills and reduce your compute footprint by 80 percent.

- **Speakers:** [Ed Huang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ed-huang), [Jeremy Murray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@jeremy-murray), [John Malcolm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@john-malcolm), [Aaron Bawcom](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@aaron-bawcom), [Matt Burns](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@matt-burns)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Duration:** 29:56
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100596-the-unit-economics-of-ai
- **Thumbnail URL:** https://customer-goifxnzhrq3d0d54.cloudflarestream.com/f041cbef20c4f0649609efffc90e3910/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg?time=224837ms

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