“Now enter this really expensive thing of AI.”
AI promises to make companies more productive. But what happens when the cost of using AI starts becoming a serious business expense?
Jeff Keyes (AI Product Strategist) explains why the growing cost of artificial intelligence is forcing companies to rethink how they measure AI productivity and return on investment.
For years, software development costs were largely driven by engineering teams, cloud infrastructure, testing, and other operational expenses.
Now companies are adding another major expense: AI tools and the tokens consumed by large language models.
As developers, product managers, and other employees increasingly rely on AI assistants and coding tools, those usage costs can accumulate.
Jeff raises an important question.
How much are companies actually spending on AI compared with the value they're receiving?
For executives and technology leaders, simply showing that employees are generating more code or completing more tasks isn't enough.
Businesses need to understand whether AI investments are improving efficiency, reducing costs, increasing customer adoption, or generating additional revenue.
And that creates a challenge for organizations investing heavily in AI-powered software development.
Faster execution doesn't automatically mean better financial performance.
The real question isn't just how much work AI can automate.
It's whether the business value created by artificial intelligence justifies the money being spent.
Is AI actually saving companies money, or creating another expensive layer of software development?
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