AI Spend Intelligence

Your AI bill is one invoice. Your AI spend is four cost categories.

OpenAI sends one invoice. But that spend is split across COGS (inference in your product), R&D (model training), S&M (marketing copy), and G&A (internal tools). Most startups dump it all in one line item and overstate their gross margin.

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AI Spend by Function Area — 12 months

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Revenue / AI $

$98

AI % of Rev

1.02%

Total AI Spend

$14.2K

COGS Portion

22%

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

COGS

R&D

S&M

G&A

How it works

StartOS attributes every AI API call to a cost category using a cascade resolver: manual overrides, API key metadata, rule-based patterns, or org-chart defaults. Freeze-on-close locks attribution for audit. Gross margin restates automatically.

4-category attribution: COGS, R&D, S&M, G&A
Cascade resolver: manual → metadata → api_key → rules → default
Freeze-on-close locks snapshots for audit trail
GL restatement moves spend to correct cost centers
Dashboard KPIs: Revenue/AI$, AI as % of COGS, trend charts
Org-chart drill-down by department and team
VC/PE portfolio AI efficiency benchmarking
Per-call instrumentation captures StartOS-driven AI spend, even on individual provider accounts

Three steps to get started

Sync your AI costs

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, and Vertex AI. Cost data syncs automatically with the provider billing APIs.

Set attribution rules

Map API keys to cost categories, set department defaults, or override individual line items manually.

See your real margins

Gross margin recalculates with AI spend properly allocated. Close the period to freeze the attribution.

Works with

OpenAIAnthropicAWS BedrockVertex AI

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