DigitalTransformation

The next enterprise AI risk is not simply depending on cloud infrastructure. It is depending on external APIs for the intelligence layer of the organization.

Many AI startups have not found a market. They have found a temporary crack between the tectonic plates of foundation models. And cracks close.

The real AI cost lever of 2026 isn’t pricing. It’s deciding which tasks actually need a frontier model — and which ones a local LLM can do just as well for a fraction of the cost.