Is your architecture preventing you from calculating AI value?

I argued in my last column, The case and model for real-time AI cost visibility at the infrastructure layer, that the AI measurement problem looks to be finally solved as a technical matter, and that companies can now manage AI as a strategic investment rather than a pay-and-pray experiment. That’s the defining shift for the next era of AI, but with one clarification: it’s only true for organizations whose architecture permits it. My work puts me inside enterprise engineering teams, helping practitioners measure and optimize their cloud and AI costs.

The biggest roadblock is rarely budget or…