93% of companies scaling AI have blown their AI budgets
Original title: Burning through the AI budget · McKinsey & Company · 30 Jul 2026
Fast-moving · data as of 30 Jul 2026
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So what
AI cost is now a management problem, not a technology footnote: 93% of surveyed organisations have exceeded their AI budgets as 62% move into active deployment. Consumption-based pricing makes spend scale with usage faster than value is proven. CIOs and CFOs who instil cost accountability and redirect savings could cut AI costs by 20–30%.
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- McKinsey survey
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- Pankaj Sachdeva; Wasim Lala
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