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The LLM Bake Off, Graded: Summaries 76% to 95% Right, 2 Picks Changed, $0

Part 2: the same 10 models graded against a hand-checked answer key for 30 companies. Two picks moved to Haiku 5.5; cost per 1,000 companies from $1.08 to $0.65.

November 2026 · AI · BloomWatch

The Great LLM Bake Off: 11 Models, $1.07, 83% Cheaper per Company

11 models from 5 vendors on six of BloomWatch's model calls. Cost per 1,000 companies from $6.38 to $1.08 at the same answers, live in production.

November 2026 · AI · BloomWatch

How I Built the Updated BloomWatch Logo in 3.5 Hours with Claude

7 marks, 6 fonts, and 7 stroke weights down to one logo in about 3.5 hours of hands-on work with AI, plus a designer review, rolled out across the site, emails, and icons.

October 2026 · Design · BloomWatch

Funded Startup Data: 52% to 100% for 54 Cents

Five pipeline fixes across 255 funded startups. Descriptions from 52% to 100% for about 54 cents of LLM calls.

October 2026 · Data · BloomWatch