Rising AI Costs Push Startups to Cheap Models

Rising AI Costs Push Startups to Cheap Models

Rising AI costs are no longer a quiet line item hidden inside the engineering budget. They are becoming one of the biggest strategic questions for modern startups, especially those building products around generative AI, automation, customer support, coding assistants, search, analytics, and agentic workflows. For the last few years, many founders treated the most powerful […]

Perplexity IPO Plan Shows AI Search Has Legs

Perplexity IPO Plan Shows AI Search Has Legs

The Perplexity IPO story is not just another headline about a hot AI company trying to catch the public market wave. It feels more like a signal that the AI search race is entering a more grown-up phase, where hype alone is no longer enough and every startup has to prove it can turn attention […]