{"id":131018,"date":"2026-03-22T06:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/901047261"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:04:51","slug":"tech-companies-struggle-with-rising-costs-of-ai-tools-affecting-not-just-engineering-teams-but-also-legal-and-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/tech-companies-struggle-with-rising-costs-of-ai-tools-affecting-not-just-engineering-teams-but-also-legal-and-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech companies struggle with rising costs of AI tools, affecting not just engineering teams but also legal and sales."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tech companies are facing a new budgeting challenge as the costs of running artificial intelligence tools skyrocket, affecting not only engineering teams but also legal, sales, and other knowledge workers.<\/p>\n

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AI Token Costs Surge In Tech And Knowledge Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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On Friday, Box Inc<\/strong> (NYSE:<\/a>BOX<\/a>) CEO Aaron Levie<\/strong> said on X<\/strong> that companies will need to account for the growing expense of AI tokens, the units used to measure and price AI consumption. <\/p>\n

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“This will of course start in engineering, where we already know developers can run multiple agents in parallel, or have projects going over night,” Levie wrote. <\/p>\n

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He added, “But this eventually hit the rest of knowledge work as well.”<\/p>\n

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Levie cited legal and sales teams as examples of areas that could become major token users. <\/p>\n

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Tokens are not flat-fee charges, and costs rise for advanced models or complex queries. <\/p>\n

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Levie added, “For any worker who is able to wield AI agents effectively in an organization, their compute budgets are just going to monotonically go up over time.”<\/p>\n

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AI Job Impact And Workforce Readiness<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Earlier, Investor Vinod Khosla<\/strong> predicted AI would eliminate most jobs by 2030<\/a> while boosting economic abundance through automation and lower costs, suggesting traditional work may become largely unnecessary by 2040. <\/p>\n

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Billionaire Mark Cuban<\/strong> compared today’s AI challenges to the rise of personal computers, warning employees must quickly adopt AI to stay competitive and survive job cuts<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Accenture<\/strong> CEO Julie Sweet<\/strong> made AI proficiency mandatory for promotions<\/a>, giving employees three years to adapt, while highlighting limited adoption across other companies and strengthening partnerships like Google Cloud<\/strong> to address AI-driven risks.<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer<\/em>:<\/strong> This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.<\/em><\/p>\n

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