AI costs more than $10,000 in recurring annual costs — per user.
Gartner "anticipates that businesses will abandon around 30% of their generative AI projects after reaching proof of concept by the end of 2025 due to poor data quality, suboptimal risk controls and, most importantly, hazy business value coupled with high costs."
Deploying: $5 million to $20 million
Building custom models: $20 million
Further customizing: $6.5 million
Embedding APIs into apps: $1 million