Shalvi Singh's writing

Agentic GTM · C6 Agentic GTM & GTM OS

Agent Cost Profile

Also: agent vs software economics

Definition. Agents invert the cost/reliability profile of traditional software: LOW marginal cost of creation (natural-language programming) but HIGH marginal cost of execution (per-call model spend), LOW reliability, and COMPOUNDING failure modes — the mirror image of deterministic software (high to build, near-zero to run, high reliability, non-compounding failures).
Established Last updated 2026-06-18

Related terms

Compounding FailureAgent FinOpsSense-Reason-Act-Learn

Where this sits

Part of the Agentic GTM set within the GTM World Model — cluster C6, Agentic GTM & GTM OS.

How to cite this

@misc{shalvi_gtm_agent_cost_profile,
  author = {Singh, Shalvi},
  title  = {Agent Cost Profile — GTM World Model Glossary},
  year   = {2026},
  url     = {https://shalvisingh.com/gtm/glossary/agent-cost-profile}
}

Singh, Shalvi. "Agent Cost Profile — GTM World Model Glossary." shalvisingh.com, 2026. https://shalvisingh.com/gtm/glossary/agent-cost-profile