
29% of AI Projects Die From Token Costs: Shopify's 30x Fix
Token costs kill 29% of enterprise AI projects — not model failure. Shopify's Universal Distillation Platform cuts API costs up to 30x. Here's the playbook.
July 20, 2026 · 9 min readEvery THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on LLM — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.

Token costs kill 29% of enterprise AI projects — not model failure. Shopify's Universal Distillation Platform cuts API costs up to 30x. Here's the playbook.
July 20, 2026 · 9 min read