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Five Hidden Costs Sabotaging Your AI ROI

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January 13, 2026

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Your organization is investing heavily in AI infrastructure, but are you actually seeing the returns you expected? While enterprises pour billions into machine learning capabilities, the vast majority struggle with a stark reality: hidden costs that silently sabotage ROI and keep 87% of ML models from ever reaching production. The difference between AI success and failure isn't the technology—it's understanding the invisible expenses that can inflate your infrastructure costs by 3-5x beyond initial projections.

In this white paper, you'll discover:

  • The 40% GPU utilization trap and procurement strategies that save $4.50 per hour per instance—millions annually at scale
  • Why agentic workflows are unpredictable cost bombs and how to implement token economics frameworks that bring spending under control
  • The DevOps tax hidden in tool fragmentation and how leading organizations reduce unallocated cloud spend by 28% within six months
  • AI-specific FinOps practices that reduce total infrastructure TCO by 40-60% while accelerating production deployment from months to days

Download this whitepaper now to uncover the five critical cost drivers undermining your AI investments—and gain the actionable frameworks to transform hidden expenses into competitive advantages.

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Your organization is investing heavily in AI infrastructure, but are you actually seeing the returns you expected? While enterprises pour billions into machine learning capabilities, the vast majority struggle with a stark reality: hidden costs that silently sabotage ROI and keep 87% of ML models from ever reaching production. The difference between AI success and failure isn't the technology—it's understanding the invisible expenses that can inflate your infrastructure costs by 3-5x beyond initial projections.

In this white paper, you'll discover:

  • The 40% GPU utilization trap and procurement strategies that save $4.50 per hour per instance—millions annually at scale
  • Why agentic workflows are unpredictable cost bombs and how to implement token economics frameworks that bring spending under control
  • The DevOps tax hidden in tool fragmentation and how leading organizations reduce unallocated cloud spend by 28% within six months
  • AI-specific FinOps practices that reduce total infrastructure TCO by 40-60% while accelerating production deployment from months to days

Download this whitepaper now to uncover the five critical cost drivers undermining your AI investments—and gain the actionable frameworks to transform hidden expenses into competitive advantages.

Five Hidden Costs Sabotaging Your AI ROI

Discover the five hidden cost drivers killing AI project ROI—from GPU underutilization to agentic workflow complexity—and learn proven strategies to optimize infrastructure TCO.
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Your organization is investing heavily in AI infrastructure, but are you actually seeing the returns you expected? While enterprises pour billions into machine learning capabilities, the vast majority struggle with a stark reality: hidden costs that silently sabotage ROI and keep 87% of ML models from ever reaching production. The difference between AI success and failure isn't the technology—it's understanding the invisible expenses that can inflate your infrastructure costs by 3-5x beyond initial projections.

In this white paper, you'll discover:

  • The 40% GPU utilization trap and procurement strategies that save $4.50 per hour per instance—millions annually at scale
  • Why agentic workflows are unpredictable cost bombs and how to implement token economics frameworks that bring spending under control
  • The DevOps tax hidden in tool fragmentation and how leading organizations reduce unallocated cloud spend by 28% within six months
  • AI-specific FinOps practices that reduce total infrastructure TCO by 40-60% while accelerating production deployment from months to days

Download this whitepaper now to uncover the five critical cost drivers undermining your AI investments—and gain the actionable frameworks to transform hidden expenses into competitive advantages.

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