Better Offline

Monologue: Everyone Suddenly Cares About AI ROI

May 29, 2026·11 min·3-min readsolotechnology
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The AI industry is in chaos because companies have spent hundreds of millions—some half a billion dollars—on AI tokens without any way to measure return on investment (ROI), thanks to years of subsidized pricing that let executives ignore costs. Now that token-based billing is here, nobod

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Ed ZitronSam Altman

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AnthropicOpenAIUber

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Artificial IntelligenceBusiness NewsCloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital

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