Katrina Dudley on AI Spending and ROI
THE SO WHAT
Public market strategists are already pressing on AI ROI, not just AI narrative—capital is starting to differentiate between spend that compounds and spend that doesn’t. If you’re pitching AI initiatives internally, move from “efficiency stories” to concrete unit economics and payback windows this quarter.
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