How We Slashed Real-Time LLM Token Costs by 65% in an Always-Listening Meeting Copilot

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When building real-time AI agents, the hardest challenge isn't just getting accurate answers—it's keeping API bills from exploding. While developing LiveAssist—a silent, real-time meeting copilot designed to help hosts answer customer questions on live calls by querying corporate RAG vaults—we immediately ran into a massive architectural roadblock: Token Over-Consumption