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The $12,000 AI Employee: Productivity Boost or the Next Plugin Bloat?

Rising AI costs, with multiple agents and high token usage, productivity vs bloat

Some companies are now spending over $1,000 per month per developer on AI tools.

That’s not a typo.

What started as a $20/month productivity boost - something like a single assistant helping write code or debug faster - has quietly evolved into a full-stack expense category. Multiple models. Multiple tools. Agent frameworks. Token-based billing. Usage caps.

Individually, each cost seems small.

Together, they’re starting to look a lot like something we’ve seen before.

The Justification: “It’s Cheap Compared to

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