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Practical notes on governing AI spend.

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  2026-07-18

  Stop putting OpenAI keys in a shared .env

  Why shared provider keys leak, and how virtual keys with budgets fix offboarding and spend.

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  2026-07-18

  How agencies bill AI cost per client with virtual keys

  One OpenAI account, many clients — give each a key, cap budgets, and export spend that accounting can use.

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  2026-07-18

  KeyC vs LiteLLM: managed spend control vs self-hosted infra

  LiteLLM is powerful self-hosted infrastructure. KeyC is the managed spend-control layer for teams that want budgets in minutes.

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  2026-07-18

  Hard budgets vs soft OpenAI org limits

  Provider dashboards warn. KeyC stops the request with HTTP 402 when a key hits its monthly cap.