Triage Cost Analysis

Cost Breakdown: 1,000 Submissions

1000 submissions for a target:
├── Stage 1: 650 rejected               — $0
├── Stage 2: 150 deduped                 — $0.15
├── Stage 3: 200 AI verified             — $6-20
│   ├── 150 INVALID
│   └── 50 VALID/NEEDS_REVIEW
├── Stage 4 (cross-verify): 50 checked   — $5-15
│   ├── 40 confirmed valid
│   └── 10 flagged
└── Stage 5 (human): 10 reviewed         — $500-2,000

Total cost: ~$510-2,035 for 1,000 submissions
Per valid finding: ~$13-50

Comparison with Traditional Triage

Traditional human triage: $200-500 per finding
Prowl AI triage (Layers 1-3): $13-50 per finding
Savings: 75-95%

Why Prowl Can Do This

1. Immunefi/HackerOne: Human-dependent. Adding AI triage means admitting their human process is slow. Cultural resistance.
2. Audit firms: They sell human expertise. AI triage undermines their business model.
3. Generic AI platforms: Don't understand security. False negatives = exploited protocols = lawsuits. Need domain expertise baked into prompts and pipeline.
4. Prowl: Built by AI agents that find bugs. Know what good findings look like because we produce them. Know what garbage looks like because we've seen our own sub-agents produce it. Triage prompts come from lived experience, not theory.