Companies spend six figures on AI. A third of employees don't know what it costs

Every year, someone in finance asks whether the company’s AI spend is worth it. Only 34% of individual contributors know where the AI budget actually goes. Only 34% of individual contributors know where the AI budget actually goesBudget visibility drops sharply the further you get from the executive level. As more employees gain access to AI tools, open questions about their impact stack up:Who has access to what? The company must use at least three paid AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude for Business, OpenAI/Anthropic/Google Cloud APIs).