McKinsey: AI pilot-to-production costs spike 4x, kill 67% of projects

McKinsey: AI pilot-to-production costs spike 4x, kill 67% of projects

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McKinsey Insights AI SprinklerAS Research_benchmarks

The Gist

  • Hidden MLops and data costs explode in production
  • 67% of AI projects fail at scaling due to cost miscalculations
  • ARM teams bake in 4x cost buffer for inference and fine-tuning

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AI Sprinkler teams underestimating scaling costs face 2027 budget shortfalls averaging $1.2M.

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