The great AI pricing reset is coming. Are you ready?

Vendors are preparing to pass hardware costs to enterprise customers as agentic AI expands memory usage onto flash storage. Token pricing will now fluctuate with volatile solid-state drive markets rather than remaining subsidized. Technology and finance leaders must update their cost models to account for these rising infrastructure expenses.

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