Spend far less on AI.

I cut what companies spend running AI at scale — and keep it reliable on the work that usually breaks.

Audit
Analyze the stack, find the waste
99%+
Maximum reduction in AI running costs
$30K+
Annual client AI infrastructure costs eliminated
4
Production AI systems in active commercial use
How I help

Two things — done exceptionally well.

Not generic “AI consulting.” Two focused engagements with a clear outcome: a smaller bill, and AI you can actually rely on.

01

AI Cost Optimization

Slash what you spend running AI — without giving up quality.

What I do
  • Audit your AI stack for waste
  • Swap costly pieces for cheaper equals
  • Prove the savings in real numbers
  • Ship it and keep it tuned
80–99%lower AI cost
02

AI Reliability Engineering

Make your AI behave on the complex work where it breaks.

What I do
  • Map where your AI fails
  • Re-architect into focused steps
  • Add verification that catches errors
  • Build guardrails for consistent output
−90%fewer errors
How I work

Audit, architect, prove.

STEP 01

Audit

I map where your AI spend goes and where models fail — with real numbers. You see the problem before you pay to fix it.

STEP 02

Architect

I design the cheapest stack that still hits your quality bar, with orchestration that keeps models reliable.

STEP 03

Ship & prove

I build it end-to-end, deploy to production, and prove the before/after on cost and reliability.

Selected work

Production AI systems that shipped.

Video automation
~3 min
Automated processing (was ~1 hr manual)

~1 hour of manual editing per video → ~3 minutes automated

A managed pipeline for a London video agency: raw lesson recordings in, finished brand-consistent videos out. AI cleanup, pixel-accurate reframing, human approval on cuts.

Python · FFmpeg · OpenCV · Whisper · GeminiRead case study
Cost reduction
99%+
Cost reduction vs proprietary API

99%+ cost reduction vs premium video AI

Replaced a premium proprietary video AI service at $3–5 per minute with a custom ComfyUI workflow built on Infinity Talk and Wan 2.1. Per-video costs dropped from dollars to cents.

99%+ cost
ComfyUI · Infinity Talk · Wan 2.1 · DockerRead case study
Cost reduction
84%
Cost reduction at production scale

84% cost reduction with capability premium services can't match

Replaced premium proprietary motion-control video services with a custom ComfyUI workflow on Wan 2.2. Approximately $12,000 in annual savings at the client's production scale.

84% cost
ComfyUI · Wan 2.2 · RunningHub · FFmpegRead case study
Multi-model pipeline
< $1
Per 20-minute video produced

Multi-model AI pipeline for video localization at scale

Architected a complex multi-model AI pipeline combining semantic embedding generation, self-hosted speech transcription, LLM-based script rewriting, and multi-language voice synthesis.

Vertex AI · Whisper · Gemini · QdrantRead case study
Production SaaS
3 months
Solo development to launch

Production SaaS for Telegram content automation

Solo-built end-to-end SaaS platform automating content creation for Telegram channels. Architected multi-agent LLM orchestration with cross-verification that prevents typical AI failures.

FastAPI · React · PostgreSQL · Multi-agent LLMRead case study
Also built

Additional engineering work.

AI Reels Pipeline & Content Generation Bot

Industrial-scale content automation (target 100+ videos/hour) combining motion-control workflows with automated image variation pipelines.

Multi-Tenant Bot Platform — Financial Services

Multi-tenant Telegram bot infrastructure with strict tenant isolation, a sub-bot provisioning system, and multi-currency transaction tracking.

AI-Powered B2B Sales Outreach Pipeline

Automated lead aggregator with LLM-based relevance scoring and AI-personalized outreach generation.

Telegram CRM Infrastructure (YappiGram)

Multi-account CRM with Telethon/MTProto session management, role-based access controls, and encrypted message storage.

Video Content Processing Tool

FFmpeg-based media processing pipeline supporting 60+ transformation modes for large-scale video variation.

Production Payment Processing Integration

Multi-gateway invoicing system (Stripe, PayPal, CryptoCloud) with automated receipt generation.

Clients

What clients say.

David and his team are invaluable when it comes to helping us build complex workflows for AI image and video generation. He always replies fast, solves problems quickly, and is very chill to work with.

D
DanielOwner, Digital Media Agency

Any question about AI or engineering details — solved. David also consistently finds significantly cheaper options for AI tasks as we work. Highly recommend.

M
MarkOwner, Content Production Agency

I've been searching for this AI tool for a long time, then suddenly you showed up — strong, clear vision, smooth and easy to work with. Very helpful, understandable developer, responsive, and a man of word. Thank you for everything, let's keep it up.

A
A.Founder, Media Agency

David helped us solve a lot of automation challenges. He takes initiative without being asked, assesses the work honestly, and fixes issues long after delivery without extra charges. He genuinely solves the problem instead of just billing for it.

Y
Yappi AgencyCreative Design Agency
FAQ

Common questions.

Who is David Chystyi?

David Chystyi is a solo AI engineer and consultant who cuts the cost of running AI in production by 80–99% and builds production video-automation pipelines for agencies. He works by replacing expensive proprietary AI services with custom open-source pipelines at the same quality.

How do you cut AI running costs by 80–99%?

I audit your AI stack, find where the spend goes, and replace the overpriced parts — usually proprietary APIs or managed services — with custom open-source pipelines that hit the same quality bar. In one case a premium video-AI API at $3–5 per minute was replaced by a self-hosted ComfyUI workflow, cutting cost by 99%+.

What is AI reliability engineering?

AI reliability engineering makes AI behave on complex, multi-step production work. Instead of one large prompt that hallucinates and drifts, I re-architect the task into focused, verified stages with cross-verification, so the output stays consistent at scale.

What does the free AI cost audit include?

The audit is a free 30-minute diagnostic: a review of your current AI tools and where the spend goes, the specific places you're overpaying, one to three cheaper alternatives for your use case, and an estimate of your potential annual savings. No pitch, no commitment.

Can you automate video editing for an agency at scale?

Yes. I build custom AI pipelines that automate repetitive per-video editing at volume — cleanup, reframing, subtitles, and lipsync or localization. For one video agency, roughly an hour of manual editing per video became about three minutes of automated processing.

Do you use open-source models or proprietary APIs?

Primarily open-source models, self-hosted on cost-optimized infrastructure — that's what removes the premium API markup. Proprietary APIs are used only where they're genuinely the best value for a specific step.

Who do you work with?

Two kinds of client: companies running AI at scale that want lower costs and higher reliability, and creative, video and content production agencies with repetitive, high-volume editing.

Free, no commitment

A free 30-minute AI cost audit.

Find out exactly how much you could be saving on AI — and how to make it more reliable. No pitch, just a straight diagnostic.

  • A review of your current AI tools and where the spend goes
  • The specific places you're overpaying
  • 1–3 concrete, cheaper alternatives for your use case
  • An estimate of your potential annual savings
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