Are we getting what we paid for? How to turn AI momentum into measurable value

At VentureBeat’s AI Impact Tour, large enterprises were shown moving from AI experimentation into production while focusing on cost control and ROI.

Rising inference costs, AI sprawl, and poor visibility into returns are pushing leaders to rethink per-token pricing, managed services, and owning or renting GPU infrastructure.

Even as per-token inference prices fall, AI usage is growing faster, so total enterprise spending is still rising.

That is making open-source and smaller models, along with cloud marketplace options, part of the search for a more efficient AI mix.