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What the AI bill bought.

We spent this on AI and on people’s time. Which goals did it reach?

Start with costing outcomes
AI spendRead from the tools’ own usage, to the cent.
People costInferred from activity. No timesheets. Nobody’s pay is shown.
The remainderSpend that reached no goal is shown, never spread.
The ledger

Every dollar, and the share that reached no goal.

Kestrel Bankdemo data

Where the AI spend goes

$38,640 in 30 days
On a goal$14,920 · 39%
Proposed for a goal$3,180 · 8%
No goal$5,460 · 14%
Not linked to work$15,080 · 39%

Where people's time goes

≈$610k in 30 days · with AI ≈$650k
On a goal≈$380k · 63%
Proposed for a goal≈$41k · 7%
On work with no goal≈$190k · 31%

Read from pull request activity, 80% at set daily rates

No daily rate10% of the time

Kestrel Bank is fictional. The arithmetic is the product’s own.

Set the goal.
Let the loop run.

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