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How Much Does an MVP Cost? Budgets, Tiers, and Timeline Tradeoffs

If you’re asking “how much does an MVP cost?”, you’re usually trying to answer a more important question: How much will it cost to learn whether this product should exist?

Tudor Barbu

January 20, 2026

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AI & Machine Learning13 min read

The AI SaaS Unit Economics Playbook: Token Margins, Prompt Caching & Real COGS

An engineering-grade breakdown of AI SaaS unit economics in 2026: $/1M token benchmarks, the 90% prompt caching rule, pgvector HNSW infrastructure, and anti-whale pricing to preserve 80%+ gross margins.

Tudor Barbu

October 16, 2026