Citadel Dispatch CD197: MATT AHLBORG - PPQ.AI - AI AGENTS, PRIVACY, AND PAYMENTS
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Mar 25, 2026 Matt Ahlborg, founder of PPQ.ai, builds a bitcoin‑enabled pay‑per‑use AI platform focused on privacy and flexible payments. He discusses AutoClaw smart routing that blends cheap and premium models. They cover secure enclave models for private data, the subscription vs pay‑per‑token debate, agentic AI risks and costs, and how diverse payment rails shape AI services.
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Cut Costs With Smart Model Routing
- Use smart routing to mix cheap and premium models to cut AI costs.
- Matt explains AutoClaw does a millisecond keyword scan to route easy queries to cheaper models and complex ones to expensive models.
Routing Intelligence Is The Secret Sauce
- The routing intelligence is the core product differentiation for multi‑model stacks.
- Matt runs eco/regular/premium modes and notes routing must balance cost, competence, and latency quickly.
Add Secure Enclaves For Private AI Use
- Offer secure enclave models for privacy‑sensitive tasks and make encryption easy in the UI.
- Matt built API proxies for encrypted API use and added TEE models because personal assistants need privacy.