Thinking about an AI rollout? Expect to budget at least $24k a month just for...

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Thinking about an AI rollout? Expect to budget at least $24k a month just for 30 million tokens on cloud APIs. Vendors hype huge ROI but miss the real cost—like ongoing compute bills and a 10-30% risk reserve for delays and compliance