AI Briefing74% of Companies Struggle to Control AI Costs
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According to a KPMG survey, only 26% of companies have full control over their AI spending, and token-based billing is making budget management even harder.
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According to KPMG's latest survey, among companies that have adopted AI, only 26% are able to fully control their spending. Half of the remaining companies have inadequate control, and 22% only find out their actual costs after receiving an invoice.
AI-related infrastructure costs are rising sharply. Goldman Sachs projects that global chip and data center spending will surge from $765 billion this year to $1.6 trillion by 2031. In particular, the spread of token-based billing is cited as a factor making budget management even more difficult for companies.
This cost pressure is also affecting corporate management.
- Uber: Used up part of its entire 2026 budget for Claude Code usage in just 4 months.
- Teradata: Notified employees that there will be no wage increases in order to concentrate resources on AI development.
- Nvidia: CEO Jensen Huang mentioned that users would be willing to pay $1,000 per million tokens for highly specialized answers.
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