We cut our agent's inference bill by ~70% swapping GPT-4o for Kimi K2.7. Here's what broke and what didn't
Summary
A team shares their experience swapping GPT-4o for Kimi K2.7 in their AI agent, achieving a ~70% reduction in inference costs while noting what functionalities broke or remained intact.
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