Token prices have fallen roughly
280x over the past two years, yet enterprise AI spend has risen over
300%. The gap comes down to how tokens are used, not what they cost. Agentic workflows trigger 10–20 LLM calls per task, RAG expands context windows by 3–5x, and background agents keep models running long after the user is gone. Cheaper tokens didn't lower AI bills—they encouraged more model calls, longer prompts, and increasingly complex workflows.
One way teams are responding is
semantic caching. Rather than sending every similar prompt back to the model, Redis LangCache recognizes near-duplicate requests and serves cached responses instead. Production deployments have reduced LLM spend by up to
70%, cutting costs without changing models or app architecture.
Redis LangCache brings semantic caching to production AI apps, reducing LLM spend by up to
70% without requiring changes to your models or app architecture.