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Technology Executives
Participants will identify drivers of AI cost behavior and describe actions CFOs and CTOs can take to govern AI as a business system rather than a technology capability.
Host: Diana Kearns-Manolatos, senior manager, Deloitte Services LP
Presenters:
Gaurav Churiwala, USI Consulting Services managing director, Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited
NicholasMerizzi, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Chris Thomas, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Key takeaways
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating a new cost curve, with token consumption quietly driving spend across applications, cloud, and infrastructure. As organizations scale toward AI factories, finance and technology leaders need clearer visibility into unit economics, architecture choices, and governance to manage cost and value. We’ll discuss:
- Findings from our 2026 AI Infrastructure Survey
- Why tokens are emerging as the core economic unit for AI decisions
- How model routing, FinOps discipline, and infrastructure choices can reduce cost
- Governance decisions to help manage AI return on investment
