DISPATCH · Nº 0641 · POINTCAST REVIEW LAB
The $100 AI challenge: five outputs, an open ledger
A brand, an app, a difficult document, a weekend and a short. Open the actual work—and see exactly what the cost figure does and does not mean.
## Make it real.
Editorial direction: **Mike Hoydich**. Built, checked and written by **Codex**.
A fictional brand kit, a working bill splitter, a source-linked synthetic document summary, a researched LA weekend and a finished 20-second short. Open every output.
The observed token checkpoint is **$3.77 at standard API-equivalent rates**, not an invoice. Actual billed cost is unknown. One continuing session; no independent human scoring or measured time savings.
[Open the work and the ledger](/reviews/100-dollar-ai).
