# How a solo developer cut AI subscriptions by hiring one AI employee

> Original title: An AI employee audited my AI bill and roasted me harder than my followers ever have.

- Source: X search: indie AI launches (I built, solo founder)
- Published: 2026-11-11T16:00:30.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xj42fhnl08w7ytwd0s6jic4b7
- Original: https://x.com/leopardracer/status/2120547223624712254

## Summary

@leopardracer says an AI employee audited his bill and found he paid $4,700 a year on tools he barely used. He describes a "decision tax" from choosing between models for every task and says he cancelled most subscriptions to hire Viktor as a single AI employee in Slack. The article is a how-to that includes formulas, a decision rule and a checkup question.

## Post

An AI employee audited my AI bill and roasted me harder than my followers ever have.

I was burning $4,700 a year on tools I barely opened.

My dumbest habit was asking ChatGPT what Grok thought, and paying for both.

This is the system that fixed it 👇 https://x.com/i/article/2120534427755302912