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# The Unit Economics of AI


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

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.

## Speakers

### [Ed Huang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ed-huang)

Co-founder and CTO of PingCAP
### [Jeremy Murray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@jeremy-murray)

Founder and CEO of stack8s
### [John Malcolm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@john-malcolm)

Chief Technical Product Officer of Multiverse Computing
### [Stefan Lederer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@stefan-lederer)

CEO & Co-founder of Bitmovin


## Related talks at this congress

- [Shipping AI Features People Actually Use](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1883-shipping-ai-features) — Ben Kus, Eric Simons, Wayne Liu
- [public void saveMoney(AI): The Developer's Guide to Unit Economics](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1427-public-void) — Hrushikesh Pokala
- [AI ROI: The Hard Unit Economics of AI-Native Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1687-ai-roi-the-hard-unit) — Manu Gurudatha
- [Why Buy Software When AI Can Build It?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1897-why-buy-software) — Lee Edwards, Mang-Git Ng, Richard Robinson, Yoel Sommer

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