57% of Finance Leaders Are Not Confident They're Paying a Fair Price for AI
SpendHound, a subsidiary of Carlyle-backed YipitData, released its AI Spend Report: 2026 Edition, a survey of 172 finance leaders paired with proprietary spend data from 1,300+ companies. Key findings include 57% of AI buyers not confident they are paying a fair price, 46% exceeding their 2025 AI budgets, and 76% reconsidering vendors because of AI capabilities.
Key figures
- Survey respondents
- 172
- Pct over ai budget 2025
- 46%
- Companies in benchmark data
- 1,300+
- Pct not confident fair ai price
- 57%
- Pct expect ai spend increase 2026
- 81%
- Pct reconsidering vendors due to ai
- 76%
AI analysis
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