AI assistant R&D toolkit & monthly costs

Hi, I’m Sergey Osipov @s_osipov, cofounder of Placy (AI real estate agent). Launched about 20 startups and had some exits, including a unicorn IPO. Sharing here my observations and tips for AI founders. Join! #AI #Startup #PropTech

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  • OpenAI API (tokens): €250
  • Azure infrastructure: €500
  • Perplexity LLM: €50
  • Pinecone & Serper (search): €50
  • Notion, Figma, Loom: €150
  • Midjourney, Runway (AI gen tools): €100
  • Influxdata & Hootsuite (Analytics & SMM): €100
  • Google Workspace (emails, video-calls): €80

Total: ~€1,3k in February

Each Placy’s message burns tokens, so the costs will skyrocket in April when we begin public testing. Considering your own GPT project? Estimate tokens cost first

And we’re still seeking the right CRM/CDP (like Twilio Segment or Kommo) focused on instant messengers (instead of traditional email marketing) — suggestions welcome in the comments

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