... surprise OpenAI bill last month and needed team-wide visibility Both found us through word-of-mouth and PH, which validates that this pain point is REAL for people actually building with AI tools daily. What's Working vs. What's Not The good: Organic discovery is happening. People who find the tool immediately get it. The challenge: Reaching the right audience at scale. Most AI cost management conversations happen in scattered communities, and traditional marketing feels too broad ... ... Testing/Considering: Indie Hackers - Great for bootstrapped founders tracking costs r/MachineLearning - Engineers often discuss infrastructure costs Dev.to - Writing about AI cost optimization strategies Y Combinator Work at a Startup

... space want to produce good work and make an impact in whatever they're doing. So as long as I am paying attention to any gaps between intent and impact  what I think I am doing, versus what I am actually doing  and try to keep that gap as small as possible, I think I'll be okay. I think most suboptimal outcomes result in teams not measuring/understanding the effects of their choices until it is too late ... ... others succeed and fail, and sometimes help me discover tools that solve problems quickly Comment from Hugh Tan(@hwiidg): @busmark_w_nika  Thanks Nika, love that you noticed For startup

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... project. If you have the same ideas, let's share them here! It might help the new members to start with something small but cool & useful! My attempt: Simple & Sexy monitoring of your product key metrics. (inspired by YC StartupSchool dashboard). 1. You code secret endpoint that returns the key metrics (DAU, Retention, $$$) 2. SaaS calls this endpoint each day and saves result 3. You receive a sexy & simple dashboard for all your pet projects. It can be viewed ...