I Cut My AI Costs in HALF. Here’s Exactly What I Did.

Are you overpaying for AI? In this video, I reveal how I cut my AI costs by over 50% while still using the most powerful models like Opus 5 and GPT 5.6. I’ll show you the Credit Meter dashboard I built to track my usage and pinpoint exactly where the money goes across my different AI automations. Whether you’re using Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, or building your own agents in Copilot Studio, understanding how you're being billed is the first step to saving big. What you’ll learn in this video: - The "Ferrari" Problem: Why using the most powerful model for every task is costing you thousands. - Understanding Consumption: How tokens, credits, and "effort levels" impact your bill. - 6 Simple Tricks to Cut Costs: From right-sizing your models to throttling automation frequency. - Copilot Co-work Deep Dive: A look at the different billing bands (Light, Medium, Heavy) and how to choose the right one. - The Power of Caching: How to leverage 90% discounts on "cached reads" to optimize your spend. Stop letting your AI bill run wild. Watch to see how a few simple "dial turns" can significantly reduce your overhead without sacrificing performance. Chapter: 0:00 How I Cut My AI Spend By 50% 0:51 Understanding How You’re Billed & Strategies To Save Money 9:01 How Copilot Cowork Costs Work 12:28 Optimizing My AI Spending Using The Credit Meter ► New to Copilot https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTIwUoNDer9c&si=WfK364DDj3TAvGNh ► Ready to build your own agents https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVAQY2fRObVg&si=AbfPxQJvpLBbYx16 ► Want more advanced AI content https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV04OH9kgazs *SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL ✅* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAeJheOWuUrs00ZPnUaOA0A/join FOLLOW ME 📸 ► Podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/sherv/ ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherv/ ► Website: https://cosi.pro This video represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with. *Thank You All!!!* © 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.