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AI economics and token pricing
How input, output, context and blended token costs really work — and why two capable models can produce wildly different economics.
TOKENANDO MASTERCLASSES
Masterclasses for the business of AI.
Live executive sessions from Tokenando on AI economics, model pricing, vendor strategy, workflow redesign and the decisions every leadership team now needs to understand.
Built from the intelligence layer behind Tokenando’s live pricing index and The Compute.
The gap
Most AI training answers the wrong question.
It is either too technical for the boardroom, too generic to act on, or too focused on tools that change every quarter. None of it tells a leadership team what AI actually costs, where the money goes, or how a model choice moves a margin. The decisions that matter now are economic — and they are being made without the literacy to make them well.
- Token pricing and usage variability
- Hidden cost drivers at scale
- Model trade-offs and capability vs. price
- Vendor lock-in and switching cost
- Agentic workflows and round-trip cost
- Procurement questions and real ROI
What we teach
The economics, strategy and decisions behind AI — not prompt tricks.
Each session is built around how AI actually affects business decisions, delivered with the same rigour as the Tokenando intelligence platform.
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Model and provider selection
A practical framework for choosing models and providers by workload, cost, capability and context window instead of headlines.
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Cost forecasting and usage scenarios
How to model workload-level spend across input-heavy, output-heavy, agentic and batch patterns before you commit.
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Agentic AI and workflow redesign
Where agentic and tool-calling workflows change cost, where they create value, and how to redesign processes around them.
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AI governance, risk and procurement
The questions to ask vendors, the terms that matter, and how to govern AI spend, risk and exposure across the organisation.
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Executive decision-making & market context
How capital, compute, infrastructure and provider strategy shape the market your decisions are made inside.
Formats
Delivered to fit the room.
Sessions can be delivered privately for boards, leadership teams, founders, investors, product teams, finance teams or procurement teams.
0160–90 minutes
Executive briefing
A focused, high-signal session to bring a board or leadership team to a shared understanding of AI economics fast.
02~3–4 hours
Half-day masterclass
A deeper working session covering pricing, model selection, cost forecasting and the decisions your teams face now.
03Full day
Full-day leadership workshop
A complete programme — economics, strategy, workflow redesign and governance — with applied exercises on your own scenarios.
04Tailored
Custom company programme
A bespoke curriculum built around your sector, stack and decisions, delivered across multiple sessions or teams.
Sessions are delivered privately for boards, leadership teams, founders, investors, product teams, finance teams or procurement teams — on-site or remote, and tailored to your sector and stack.
Outcomes
What participants leave with.
Not slides — a working mental model the whole leadership team can use the next day.
A clear mental model of how AI actually works commercially
The ability to read AI pricing and understand token-based costs
Sharper questions for vendors and internal teams
A practical framework for choosing models and providers
An understanding of why AI projects often fail to produce value
A shared language for AI strategy across business and technical teams
Built from Tokenando intelligence
A masterclass with a live data spine.
These sessions are not delivered from generic decks. They draw on the same intelligence layer that powers the Tokenando platform — so the economics you learn are the economics of the live market.
Who it’s for
For the people who carry the decision.
Designed for leadership teams who own the strategy, the budget and the consequences.
Leadership
CEOs, founders & strategy leaders
Set AI strategy with cost visibility, not vendor hype — and understand the market your bets are placed inside.
Finance
CFOs, finance & procurement teams
Benchmark vendors, model spend scenarios and prepare procurement with evidence before costs surprise you.
Product
Product & AI leads
Choose models by workload economics and redesign workflows around what AI actually costs to run at scale.
Capital
Investors & analysts
Read pricing moves, model launches and compute constraints as signals of strategy and market structure.
Governance
Boards & family offices
Build the economic literacy to govern AI investment, risk and vendor exposure at board level.
Enquire
Book a private masterclass.
Tell us about your team and what you want them to walk away understanding. We design the session around your sector, stack and decisions — and reply directly.
- Private sessions for your team — on-site or remote.
- Curriculum tailored to your sector, stack and decisions.
- Delivered from a live data spine, not generic decks.
Prefer email? Reach us at hello@tokenando.ai.
Bring AI economic literacy into the room.
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