Share of Companies Spending at Least 25% of Cloud Bills on AI Hits Record 9.8%, CloudZero Finds

• CloudZero's November 2026 analysis showed median company AI spending rose 1.8% in October despite falling inference prices.
• Average AI inference prices fell 20% from September to $0.69 per million tokens in October.
• A record 9.8% of companies allocated at least 25% of their cloud spending to AI.
• The share allocating at least 10% to AI reached 30.1%, extending a yearlong monthly increase.
• Production workloads accounted for a median 82% of classified spending, underscoring exposure to gross margin pressure as AI usage grows.

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