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🚀 "Ramp #Launches #a #Model Router": Because who wouldn't want to cut AI costs by 40% by smashing the same "26 in model credits" button over and over until 2026? 😂 It's like Groundhog Day, but for tech buzzwords! 🔄📉
https://router.com #Ramp #Router #AIcosts #GroundhogDay #techbuzzwords #HackerNews #ngated

Everyone knows that in the Cocaine pricing model, the first 3 hits are free -- then you gotta pay!

Same with AI ... Software vendors and AI model providers have been giving AI away for free to spur adoption by enterprises. Can you say “unmetered,” “complimentary,” or “included” scenarios.

Those “complimentary" subsidies are starting to disappear, as the AI industry transitions to Pay-Per-Use pricing models.

This means investing in AI is NOT just an IT procurement decision, it is now an "organizational design decision". https://hbr.org/2026/08/how-to-respond-to-the-coming-ai-cost-shock #AI #AICosts #AIPricing #HBR #Subsidized #Budgets #AIBudgeting #Pricing #Subscription #AI_Token #TokenConsumption #Enterprise_IT #AI_Token_Budgets

The shift to #usagebased #pricing for #AI, measured by #tokens, is creating challenges for CFOs. Only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their #AIcosts, with many experiencing unpredictable and hard-to-model expenses. Companies are implementing tools to manage #AIspending, scrutinising employee usage, and focussing budgets on major projects to control costs. https://www.wsj.com/cfo-journal/the-metric-cfos-struggle-to-track-ai-usage-3b30c10c?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Wall Street Journal: Corporate America is starting to ration AI as cost skyrockets. This is an MSN-syndicated article and has no paywall. “Use of artificial intelligence by big companies is exploding—and the soaring cost has some of them pumping the brakes in a way that could complicate AI’s triumphal march across the economy.”