# 🎧 START pod: Ben Collins, CEO & Co-Founder, Woz: “The plugin that cuts your AI costs in half”

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Published: 2026-05-18T21:02:57+00:00
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The entire vibe coding wave got one thing backwards Everyone optimized for speed Prompt in, app out, as fast as possible But the bottleneck isn't just speed It's context Give coding agents better context and everything improves. Lower cost Faster execution Better output Woz is built for that shift. A Claude Code plugin that makes coding agents faster, cheaper, and higher performing Up to 55% cheaper Up to 40% faster Higher benchmark scores than Claude Code alone And the timing matters: The age of tokenmaxxing is ending. The age of more measurable ROI is beginning. 🎙️ Ben Collins , CEO & Co-Founder, Woz on Fondo START pod 00:57 Context is the biggest bottleneck 02:11 Why prompt-to-output breaks at enterprise scale 03:28 Apple cracking down on AI-generated apps 05:02 Why local AI models are becoming viable 06:37 The rumored Cursor and xAI acquisition 07:01 Coding agents and the zero-margin problem 09:48 The end of token maxing 12:32 Why AI infrastructure is shifting toward ROI Check out wozcode.com to learn more.

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