Meet the coaches, measurers, and builders carving out a slice of the AI cost-saving business

Meet the people helping companies get the best value from their AI spending. Adaptovate, Runware, Larridin Companies went all in on AI. They're now realizing how expensive it really is. A new wave of businesses is capitalizing on this problem, helping them slash their inflated bills. Meet the coaches, measurers, and builders teaching companies to be more intelligent with their AI spend. Don't use Swiss Army knives for surgically precise work; use scalpels. That's what Manos Koukoumidis and other players in the AI cost-saving business say is the biggest problem with how companies use AI. They're using the most powerful, versatile, and expensive AI models — from frontier labs like Anthropic , OpenAI, and Google — to handle niche tasks within their organizations. Koukoumidis, the CEO of the Washington-based AI company Oumi AI, called this practice "widely irrational and inefficient," resulting in staggering AI bills.