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Original Research on AI Debt & Execution

Data-driven analysis on the hidden costs of unmanaged AI, the financial impact of prompt debt, and why infrastructure -- not policies -- determines AI outcomes.

February 2026Featured

The Hidden Cost of Prompt Debt & AI Debt

The PromptFluent State of AI Debt Report (2023-2026)

A comprehensive research briefing synthesizing findings from Asana, Stanford, BetterUp, S&P Global, Forrester, Deloitte, McKinsey, MIT, and IBM on the financial and operational impact of unmanaged AI execution across the enterprise.

  • --42% of companies abandoned most AI initiatives in 2025
  • --$9.3M annual workslop cost per 10,000 employees
  • --$14,200 per employee per year in hallucination mitigation
  • --47% of enterprise users made decisions based on hallucinated content
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