Please let us know if you have feedbackDive Brief:Unexpected AI costs are forcing enterprises to rethink implementation plans, with nearly half of organizations reporting AI spending surprises have escalated to the board, according to Mavvrik's 2026 State of AI Cost Governance Report . Unexpected AI costs had a material impact on at least one business decision for two-thirds of businesses, while one-third of companies deployed emergency spending freezes as bills mounted. Dive Insight:Rather than stemming from model costs alone, AI spending is increasingly widespread, spanning developer tools, data platforms, infrastructure and agentic workloads. Similarly, FinOps practices, once designed for cloud costs, are now being deployed for shielding businesses from whopping AI bills. According to Sallam, CIOs should treat AI cost optimization as an architectural requirement rather than a “retrospective finance exercise.”