KPMG: 26% of Companies Manage Their AI Costs
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Limited Visibility on AI Costs
According to a KPMG survey, only 26% of companies have complete visibility into their artificial intelligence-related expenses. This study, reported by the Wall Street Journal, highlights the financial challenges companies face in a token-based billing environment.
Half of the surveyed companies have limited oversight of their costs, while 22% have no transparency at all, discovering their actual expenses only upon receiving the bill.
Complex Budget Management
Steve Chase, global head of AI at KPMG, emphasizes that managing AI resources is a new challenge for companies, with costs growing exponentially. KPMG is already working with several companies that have exhausted their annual budget for tokens and cloud services in just a few months.
A striking example is that of a client who experienced a sixfold increase in token usage. Gil Luria, head of technology research at D.A. Davidson, anticipates that this issue will extend to more companies this year. He predicts that many chief financial officers will be surprised by their bills from Anthropic this quarter.
A Parallel with the Cloud Boom
Analysts and executives interviewed draw a parallel with the cloud boom during the pandemic. At that time, companies heavily invested in cloud infrastructure, only to later cut their spending. This situation could repeat itself with AI, where companies need to learn to better manage and anticipate their costs.
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