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A low-poly dollar bill headed "The United States of AI": a smiling agent portrait labelled Ad Spending Agent, the note breaking into shards at its edges.
AgentsOctober 14, 2026·3 min read

The Bill You See Is the Smallest Line

Most companies measure an AI agent's cost from the vendor bill. In a typical servicing example, that bill is less than a fifth of the true cost; the rest sits in reviews, hand-offs to people and repeat work.

Nikos MichalakisRead article