Why AI Costs Balloon, and How to ...
Why AI Costs Balloon, and How to Avoid It
AI
Antek Automation Quick Tips by Andy Norman
S1 · E29
Aug 13, 2026
02:51
Episode notes

Andy Norman explains why enterprise AI bills climb faster than the value they deliver, and how a small business can buy automation on a fixed price instead.

Andy Norman from Antek Automation shares practical tips sourced from the blog post: Why Does AI Automation Cost Rise as You Scale It?.

  • Buy AI on a fixed price for one clearly scoped job, not as an open-ended rollout across the whole business.
  • Ignore usage-based enterprise pricing stories, they describe a five thousand seat company, not a two-van trades firm.
  • Pick one repetitive, high-volume task like missed calls, automate that first, and know the total cost before work starts.
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