The March 2026 Gartner report “10 Best Practices for Optimizing Generative and Agentic AI Costs” lays out enterprise guidance on controlling spend as organizations move from pilots to production, according to Gartner’s publication and coverage. SiliconANGLE published a guest column on June 14, 2026 summarizing the ten practices, including model-cost tradeoffs, AI sandboxes, model cards, governance, and balancing upfront customization vs ongoing inference costs (SiliconANGLE). Airia’s blog post says it was cited in Gartner’s section on AI gateways and quotes Gartner that “Through 2028, at least 50% of GenAI projects will overrun their budgeted costs due to poor architectural choices and lack of operational know-how” (Gartner, cited by Airia). Editorial analysis: For practitioners, the combination of advice on governance, telemetry, and tools such as AI gateways highlights that cost control is as much an operational design problem as a billing exercise.
