Keep in mind also that LLMs are currenctly heavily subsidized. Once VCs money are gonna run out, you will see the real price, and your 200K per year dev is probably nothing.
hmm that's a bit low right now, since you need at least 48Gb of VRAM to be confortable. 32Gb might do it (on quantitized models + optimized) but it would be very slow.
That may have been true a few months ago, but shit changes fast in this space!
I run Qwen 3.8 27b on each of my six AMD AI PRO r9700 GPUs at 80tps decode each and they cranks for days with 256k context, doing complex kernel, compiler, debugging, enclave, bootstrapping, pentesting, hardening, and systems work full time.
~$1200-1500/ea on ebay.
Also ~40tps on my strix halo now but with room for several sessions at once.
