Sam Altman: AI spend intensity has become a major customer concern almost overnight 'Probably the second biggest theme is just around cost. …

Sam Altman: AI spend intensity has become a major customer concern almost overnight "Probably the second biggest theme is just around cost. People are really saying, that's kind of become a meme now, but 'my company spent my entire 2026 budget in Q1. Can you make this more efficient?'...that went from, at the beginning of this year, an issue that never came up—I know people were totally happy with the amount they were spending—to all of a sudden a huge issue" Sam Altman said AI budgeting has recently become a "huge issue" for some companies, something that "never came up" earlier this year. https://bit.ly/4uxIGnv

Source: Clem Delangue (X) | 2026-06-04