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Butler J. Raines retweeted
How is AI really affecting your job?
@Cohere_Labs released the Agentic Task Ecosystem, a new dataset of 690K+ tools built for AI agents. Under a test of whether a tool could independently complete an occupational task, just 2.6% passed.
Butler J. Raines retweeted
Credibility is built by owning a number, reporting on it weekly, and moving quickly to fix gaps that will keep surfacing as the market changes. That's part of your job as a marketing leader.
What does "owning it" actually mean? You aren't waiting for finance to hand you the pipeline model... you build the model with them. And you include the headcount/capacity model finance worked with sales on.
THIS CANNOT BE COMPLETED IN A SILO.
And then you report on it. Here's how it looks at Docebo: Every pipeline owner updates a shared Slack canvas answering the following prompts:
>> What's on track or off track?
>> What's broken and what we're doing about it?
>> What should change in the next week or two?
>> Updated forecast of where we think we are going to end the quarter
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💸 kimi-k2.6 users, check this:
Coresync: $0.70 / M input
Official: $0.95 / M
That's 26% cheaper — same model,
same reasoning quality.
Your tokens. Your money. Less spent.
🔗 https://www.coresyncapi.com/login?ref=RE…
#AI #LLM #API #CostSaving
We built @CoresyncAPI to make using AI models simple and cost-effective.
- Pick the right model for the right task with one API
- 1 dashboard, 1 key, 1 bill, easy top-ups
- Zero inflated markups or opaque billing
- Quality models at transparent rates
Build agents. Write more code. Pay less. Invite friends.
🔗 lnkd.in/evb3GUZP
Butler J. Raines retweeted
💡 "How does Coresync billing work?"
Simple:
1️⃣ Top up credits upfront
2️⃣ Pay per actual usage
3️⃣ No hidden fees, no surprises
You only pay for what you use. Period.
🔗 https://www.coresyncapi.com/login?ref=RE…
#AI #Billing #Transparency
Butler J. Raines retweeted
CoreSync vs OpenRouter:
GLM-5.2: $0.98/$3.1 vs $1.4/$4.4
DeepSeek V4 Pro: $0.32/$0.64 vs $1.74/$3.48
Up to 82% off. No hidden fees.
coresyncapi.com/login?ref=RE…
Butler J. Raines retweeted
Last October we created DIISCO at the @easya_app London Hacakathon. Since then we’ve shared DIIISCO in Parliament and with the AI Minister @KanishkaNarayan.
Now EasyA is doing a hackathon IN Parliament, so you can live our year in one afternoon. It’s insane.
See you there 🇬🇧
EasyA is bringing you one of the most important hackathons in history.
We’re headed to the UK Parliament! 🇬🇧
And we’re giving top founders the chance to pitch their projects to the world’s most influential policymakers.
Spots are very, very limited.
Apply now 👇
parliament-hackathonxeasya.e…
Butler J. Raines retweeted
Last month we had the chance to meet @KanishkaNarayan, MP for AI, and hear about his vision for Sovereign AI. We know decentralised AI will play a big part of this and we’re committed to making DIIISCO an active player in communities across the UK.
Almost have my new home office set up.
First up is getting @DIIISCOHQ running (only a couple of months behind here)
Better late than never @MarcusFurrelius
I like Stoicism.
I like this cat.
Watch our 12th animated Stoicism lesson on YouTube:
"Marcus Furrelius and the Brand New Day"
Please let us know what you think!
youtu.be/G1HD_wDZ838
Hey that's me 👇
Friday Sober check-in
Hi I am @ButlerRaines, and I am openly sober.
I have been sober for 3,498 days.
Anyone else?
$goog deserves its drop in stock price.
Let it be a lesson not to push a shit product / model especially as a default just to try to keep up with the cool kids.
I often ask myself, 'Why the em dash?' If AI had just chosen to inject the Oxford comma into everyone's writing instead, I'd have been totally cool with that.
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My entire AI stack is now Chinese 🇨🇳
87% cheaper. same revenue
swaps by task:
1. reasoning / backend brain
Opus 4.8 → Kimi K2.7
benchmark gap: ~8% · price: ~11x cheaper
2. code generation
GPT-5.5 → Qwen 3.7 Max
benchmark gap: ~18% · price: ~7x cheaper
3. agent loops + tool calling
Sonnet 4.7 → GLM 5.2
benchmark gap: ~3% · price: ~5x cheaper on input
4. cheap volume / bulk processing
GPT-5.5 mini → MiMo V2.5
benchmark gap: ~6% · price: ~12x cheaper
5. image generation
GPT-Image-2 → Wan 2.5
benchmark gap: ~5% · price: ~8x cheaper
6. video generation
Sora 2 → Kling 3.0
benchmark gap: roughly equal · price: ~6x cheaper
[ result after 30 days: ]
operating costs dropped 87%, output quality dropped 4% on average, revenue unchanged
the most important that these models will be not banned in a month and i can run them locally
nobody will steal my data and i can learn them as i need
full article drops tomorrow with:
> exact routing logic per task type
> the 2 cases where I still pay for American
> the migration playbook anyone can copy in a weekend
VERY IMPORTANT to get migrated now, while it's not too late
Butler J. Raines retweeted
My entire AI stack is now Chinese 🇨🇳
87% cheaper. same revenue
swaps by task:
1. reasoning / backend brain
Opus 4.8 → Kimi K2.7
benchmark gap: ~8% · price: ~11x cheaper
2. code generation
GPT-5.5 → Qwen 3.7 Max
benchmark gap: ~18% · price: ~7x cheaper
3. agent loops + tool calling
Sonnet 4.7 → GLM 5.2
benchmark gap: ~3% · price: ~5x cheaper on input
4. cheap volume / bulk processing
GPT-5.5 mini → MiMo V2.5
benchmark gap: ~6% · price: ~12x cheaper
5. image generation
GPT-Image-2 → Wan 2.5
benchmark gap: ~5% · price: ~8x cheaper
6. video generation
Sora 2 → Kling 3.0
benchmark gap: roughly equal · price: ~6x cheaper
[ result after 30 days: ]
operating costs dropped 87%, output quality dropped 4% on average, revenue unchanged
the most important that these models will be not banned in a month and i can run them locally
nobody will steal my data and i can learn them as i need
full article drops tomorrow with:
> exact routing logic per task type
> the 2 cases where I still pay for American
> the migration playbook anyone can copy in a weekend
VERY IMPORTANT to get migrated now, while it's not too late