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title: "Local AI must fit real budgets"
date: 2026-07-02
canonical: https://solmaz.io/x/2072552778468319308/
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license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Most people,
including professionals,
will likely NOT pay more than $10k capex for their home AI workstation,
even in the long run
(ignoring future inflation)

If you stretch it, <= $20k 

They will also not want to pay more than $200~300/mo opex, on electricity for example

Builders who are spending a lot more than that on hardware:
keep that in mind, if you are building for the general public
dogfood your product with that which everyone will have, not just 0.1%