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Should CIOs have a backup plan for AI?

June 10, 2026 • Massive Studios

0:00 | 48:31

SUMMARY: If the cost of public AI continues to rise, because of various market shortages, should CIOs start looking at backup plans to better own their AI journeys and futures?

SHOW: 1035

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THESIS: Between pending IPOs (Wall St. demands), high user-demand, GPU/TPU shortages, Data Center shortages, Model prices increasing (open models fading away), the cost of using AI is going to get more expensive over time. Should CIOs start thinking about a Backup plan to their current AI adoption that has lower cost alternatives?

Topic 1 - Assuming you could get access to GPUs/TPUs/Accelerators, and suitable data center space to host them, what would be your thinking as a CIO if you felt like you needed to own some aspect of your AI roadmap/journey?

Topic 2 - Assuming the normal “Shadow AI” backlash that you’d receive for offering something that wasn’t “frontier” level, how would you go about trying to communicate that within your organization?

Topic 3 - What metrics or KPIs would you initially target to try and get buy-in that your approach was acceptable and moving towards the company goals?

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