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AI buildout faces $4.2 trillion funding gap, consulting firm says

The firm estimates the uncovered amount represents roughly two thirds of the yearly revenue needed to justify the AI spending, based on its cost estimates.

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MarketWatch reports that a major consulting firm says at least about $4.2 trillion of the estimated yearly costs needed to fund the artificial intelligence buildout is not currently being covered.

The firm frames the shortfall as roughly two thirds of the revenue needed to justify the AI spending, based on its cost assumptions.

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MarketWatchTwo-thirds of the revenue needed to justify the AI buildout are still unaccounted for, says major consulting firm
MarketWatchTwo-thirds of the revenue needed to justify the AI buildout are still unaccounted for, says major consulting firm

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