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AI Inference Costs Plummet 47% Quarterly, EpochAI Reports
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Fusion42 · 4 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
EpochAI reports that AI inference costs have decreased by 47% per quarter since 2023, dropping to one-thirteenth of their original value within a year due to advancements in AI models and training methods. This rapid cost decline surpasses historical technology improvements and reshapes the economics of AI deployment.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure.
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AI compute costs are falling so fast that your pricing power on new AI services just shrank overnight. You need to redesign your business model to win volume and control downstream services now.
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