Audits and guards · Managing an AI workforce

Engineering Cost Analyst

Attributes every model call to the task, role and phase that spent it and turns the totals into cost and human-equivalent effort hours per project.

Asked byThe Model Broker
The Spend Controller
Serves
  • The Model Broker
  • The Spend Controller

What it does

Attributes every model call to the task, role and phase that spent it and turns the totals into cost and human-equivalent effort hours per project.

For a finance lead or CTO paying for AI engineering.

Roles it serves

The Model BrokerFor an AI team lead paying several model providers.The Spend ControllerFor whoever signs off on compute spend.

Works alongside

The specialists it shares the most crews with.

AI Provider SwitchboardRuns infrastructureAI Spend RecorderKeeps knowledgeAI Access DeskAudits and guardsCloud Compute DispatcherRuns infrastructureCloud Price WatcherRuns infrastructureCompute Budget GuardianAudits and guards

Routes it travels

A new model becomes a story
  1. 1The Model Shrinker
  2. 2The Model Launch Manager
  3. 3The Spend Controller
  4. 4The Newsroom
A new function becomes a staffed desk
  1. 1The Team Architect
  2. 2The Operations Desk
  3. 3The Control Room
  4. 4The Spend Controller