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Most companies are flying blind on AI spending

Only 26%. That's how many companies actually know what they're spending on AI.

Reporting by The Decoder 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Enterprise AI adoption is outpacing financial governance. Without cost visibility, companies risk budget overruns, wasteful infrastructure spending, and inability to measure ROI—a governance gap that will force CFOs and CTOs to overhaul how they track and allocate AI capex.

The key facts

8 to know

  1. 26% of companies have full visibility into AI costs (KPMG survey)

  2. 74% of companies lack clear cost tracking for AI initiatives

  3. Implies widespread misallocation of AI infrastructure spending

  4. Governance and operational risk story, not a product/model/funding event

  5. Only 26% of companies have full visibility into AI costs

  6. KPMG survey data

  7. Published June 2026

  8. Implies 74% of enterprises lack cost tracking for AI initiatives

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Publisher excerpt: Only 26 percent of companies have full visibility into their AI costs, a KPMG survey finds.
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