The AI cost reckoning: Why token bills are becoming the new cloud bill

Key findings AI’s biggest challenge is shifting from adoption to accountability as costs spread across tokens, cloud, SaaS and software Most organizations lack the visibility needed to effectively govern and optimize AI spending FinOps, ITAM and SaaS management must converge to provide a complete view of AI costs and business value According to the EY’s AI Pulse Survey Results: Wave 5, 98% of senior leaders whose organizations use token-based tools say token usage and related costs have forced them to reconsider their AI approach. That’s not a warning on the horizon; it’s pointing to the recko