The Hidden AI Fragmentation Tax: Why AI Innovation Speed Will Depend on Your AI Program Margins
Everyone's telling you to innovate faster with AI. Move quicker. Ship more features. Deploy more agents. But before we sprint headlong into the AI revolution, we need to have a proper dollars-and-cents conversation that most companies are avoiding. Disclaimer: Statistics cited in this post were reported in the 2025 State of AI Cost Governance Report by Mavvrik. The data is stark: 84% of companies report more than a 6% hit to gross margin from AI costs.