The hidden tax on your AI ambitions
THE SO WHAT
If enterprises are fixated on model optimization while ignoring integration, data prep, and verification, their AI P&Ls are probably fiction. This week, finance and engineering leads should sit down and map the full cost stack — orchestration, human review, infra sprawl — before greenlighting the next “cost-saving” AI initiative.
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