Dell CFO David Kennedy on budgeting AI token costs and prioritizing speed
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Dell CFO David Kennedy says most CFOs now track AI token spend as a dedicated budget line item.
He says efficiency depends on matching each model to each workload. Kennedy says repetitive finance workflows can run on open-weight models on-premises, which turns variable token costs into fixed ones. He says the main value driver is speed and productivity, and that Dell counts 6,500 AI factories among its customers.
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AIDell CFO David Kennedy says most CFOs now track token spend as a dedicated line item, and that efficiency depends on which models run which workloads. He says repetitive finance workflows can run on open-weight models on-premises, turning variable token costs into fixed ones. Kennedy says the real value driver is speed and productivity, and Dell counts 6,500 AI factories across its customers.
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