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The Unit Economics of AI
September 23–25, 2026
World Congress 2026 North America
September 23–25, 2026 · San José, CA
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What this session covers
AI has made software cheap to write and expensive to run. Inference bills grow with usage, GPUs are scarce and priced accordingly, and many teams discovered their unit economics only after the invoice arrived. How companies are getting AI infrastructure costs under control - what actually drives the bill, where the waste hides, and how to run AI at a cost that works.
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