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AI budgets surge 6x by 2026; agentic systems drive token cost overruns

Corporate AI spending is accelerating sharply, with average annual budgets for large firms rising from $1.2M in 2024 to $7M in 2026, driven by inference and daily processing costs. Agentic systems consume 5-30x more tokens per request than chatbots, leading to budget overruns such as GitHub's Copilot. This signals rising cost pressures for AI adoption, potentially impacting enterprise margins and tech spending forecasts.

Valor Econômicoabout 15 hours agoUSCredibility 43%View source

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