Every THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on model routing — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.
A controlled 90-trial experiment found Claude Haiku 4.5 spent 735K tokens where Sonnet 4.6 spent 640K, for a result 1.9 points worse. Downgrading a coding agent to a cheap tier saves less than the rate card implies, varies fivefold by vendor, and only holds up if you replace prose design docs with machine-checkable contracts.
August 25, 2026 · 12 min read
RBC's CIO survey shows 100% budgeting for AI, 90% increasing spend, and 91% creating entirely new budgets. But underneath: Uber burned its annual AI budget in 4 months, Microsoft is canceling Claude Code licenses, and 73% of enterprises exceeded projections. The gap between budget intent and budget reality is the AI FinOps crisis of 2026. Spend health assessment and model routing matrix inside.
June 27, 2026 · 17 min read