How I Built a Production AI Agent in Python for $5/month
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How I Built a Production AI Agent in Python for $5/month When I started building AI agents last year, I was shocked by the bills. A simple chatbot prototype using GPT-4 cost me $200 in a week. That's when I realized there had to be a better way, especially for developers just starting with AI or building side projects. After experimenting with various approaches, I discovered that using open-source models through OpenRouter could deliver comparable results at a fraction of the cost.