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$1,500 per task
Datasets, tasks and environments, cost to produce, per task
The median of 5 public prices for datasets, tasks and environments on the cost to produce side, each stated per task (a range counts as its geometric midpoint; the middle half runs from $400 to $2,400).
Updated 15 Oct 2026, from its newest record.
The 5 records it is computed from, largest first
- Amount$400KAs stated$400k+ per year ... 1 good task per weekDated9 Jul 2026SourceSemiAnalysis, The Future of Meta…
- Amount$2.4KAs stated$2,400 for each RL task per RL task, compute over its lifeDated18 Aug 2025SourceMechanize, Cheap RL tasks will waste compute
- Amount$1.5KAs stateda $1,500 cost basis per taskDated15 Oct 2026SourceSequoia Capital podcast, Brendan Foody (Mercor):…
- Amount$400As stated$400 in API credits per rollout on one paperDated7 Apr 2025SourcearXiv, PaperBench (v3)
- Amount$1As statedUSD 0.6 per taskDated4 Oct 2025SourcearXiv, OpenCUA (v3), Appendix C.2
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