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AI Adoption Was the Easy Part. Now Comes the Dollar-Sign Shock

Businesses that rapidly adopted AI are now facing unexpected high costs for deployment and maintenance, challenging initial assumptions about AI's affordability and ROI.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 12, 2026 
Article URL: https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/ai-adoption-was-the-easy-part-now-comes-the-dollar-sign-shock/91372404

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881263

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