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Every AI pitch eventually hits the same question from whoever controls the budget: "Fine, but when does this pay for itself?" Answer with "it'll boost efficiency" and the project quietly dies in committee. Answer with a number ("under four months, in the conservative case") and the conversation c...

Ask a software company "how much does an AI project cost?" and you already know the answer: "it depends." True, but useless. You already have a number in your head, maybe $2,500, maybe $10,000, maybe $40,000, and what you actually want to know is: what can I realistically get for that? This piece...