Monologue: Everyone Suddenly Cares About AI ROI

Monologue: Everyone Suddenly Cares About AI ROI

From Better Offline by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

May 29, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

Ed Zitron discusses the challenges of measuring AI's ROI amidst rising costs and token-based billing.

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs you through how AI’s move to token-based billing has revealed that absolutely nobody has a way of measuring AI’s ROI - and how these massive costs might finally burst the bubble. Companion newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-business-idiot/ Axios: AI sticker shock hits corporate America  https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs   Uber COO story:  https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5 Please subscribe to my premium newsletter - save $10 off a year of my premium newsletter:  https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/gzqwkv54e1 YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code  FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/   Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron…

People in this episode

Host: Ed Zitron

Topics covered

  • AI
  • ROI
  • token-based billing
  • corporate spending
  • business costs

Keywords

  • AI
  • ROI
  • token-based billing
  • corporate America
  • business costs

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Organizations: Cool Zone Media, iHeartPodcasts, Uber, Axios, Business Insider

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